Multiple Choice
The age of the solar system is believed to be approximately 4.6 billion years based on the data from
A) samples of lunar rocks.
B) samples of Earth rocks.
C) samples of meteorites.
D) samples of lunar rocks, Earth rocks, and meteorites.
E) None of the other choices are correct.
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