Multiple Choice
Based on everything you have learned about the formation of our solar system, which of the following statements is probably not true?
A) Only a tiny percentage of stars are surrounded by spinning disks of gas during their formation.
B) A star system's planets generally tend to orbit their star in the same direction and approximately the same plane.
C) Other solar systems will also have planets in the two basic categories of terrestrial and jovian.
D) Other planetary systems will have far more numerous asteroids and comets than actual planets.
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