The reason for the vast amount of hydrogen in the interior of Jupiter is probably that
A) nuclear fission of atoms in Jupiter's interior split all nuclei down to hydrogen nuclei early in its history.
B) Jupiter became so hot in its interior that all kinds of atoms and molecules were melted down to the fundamental atom, hydrogen.
C) Jupiter formed from the initial gravitational contraction of hydrogen gas.
D) the mass of the initial condensation of rocks at Jupiter's orbit was sufficient to attract vast amounts of gas to it.
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