Multiple Choice
We have a number of reasons to believe the outer satellites of Jupiter are captured asteroids.Which statement is NOT one of these reasons?
A) There was not enough material in the primordial nebula around Jupiter to form the large Galilean satellites and the 60 or so outer satellites as well. So they must have been captured.
B) The outer satellites are irregular in shape.
C) The outer satellites are all less than 275 km in diameter.
D) The outer satellites are mostly in retrograde orbits.
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