Multiple Choice
What could explain the darker appearance of moons and rings in the outer solar system?
A) They shine by the diminished light at that great distance from the Sun.
B) They are made of small, sooty particles and radiation darkening with loss of volatile brightices.
C) They are composed of basaltic eject from the volcanism on Ariel and Triton.
D) They are made of water ice that reflects light much more poorly at the very low temperaturesof these moons.
E) They are composed of mostly rocky material, like S type asteroids.
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