According to current theories of planetary formation,why is Saturn less massive than Jupiter?
A) Saturn formed far out in the solar system, where gas and dust were not as readily available as where Jupiter formed near the Sun.
B) Saturn formed in the inner part of the solar system, where the rocky inner planets had already absorbed most of the material.
C) Saturn was originally more massive but has been repeatedly struck by large planetesimals that have stripped off some of its matter.
D) Jupiter formed first.

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Jupiter formed first and had more time to accumulate mass from the surrounding gas and dust in the early solar system, leaving less material for Saturn to gather when it formed later.

According to Current Theories of Planetary Formation,why Is Saturn Less