Multiple Choice
The Moon probably formed
A) out of a collision between the Earth and a Mars-sized object.
B) when the Earth's gravity captured a planetesimal.
C) when the accretion disk around the Earth fragmented.
D) when planetesimals collided to form a more massive object.
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