Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the early Solar System, based on current observations?
A) The early solar nebula must have been flattened.
B) The material from which the planets formed was swirling about the Sun in the same average rotational direction.
C) The first objects to form started out small and grew in size over time.
D) The initial composition of the solar nebula varied between its inner and outer regions.
E) Temperatures decreased with increasing distance from the Sun.
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