Multiple Choice
As the solar nebula contracts, it:
A) flattens out into the ecliptic plane around the Sun's poles.
B) spins faster due to conservation of angular momentum.
C) cools due to condensation.
D) loses angular momentum.
E) reverses its direction of rotation.
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