The Fact That There Are Several Distinct and Different Types

Multiple Choice

The fact that there are several distinct and different types of meteorites (stony, stony iron, and iron) is probably indicative of:

A) preferential accretion of iron particles to other iron particles because of their magnetic properties, leaving stony particles to accrete separately.
B) fragmentation of asteroids that had become differentiated in a similar fashion to Earth (with the heavier iron sinking to the center) .
C) different amounts of heating and "erosion" of the outer layers of meteorites as they pass through Earth's atmosphere.
D) formation in different parts of the early solar nebula, with stones condensing closer to the Sun and irons farther out.