Multiple Choice
What was the primary role of dust in the formation of the solar system?
A) Dust formed the rings around Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter.
B) Dust veiled the process by which our solar system formed.
C) Dust acted as condensation nuclei; platforms to which other particles could attach and formlarger particles of matter.
D) The Sun formed from a vast spinning cloud consisting only of dust.
E) Dust provided the radioactive elements that initially heated the Sun.
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