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📅 NSB Round Robin 2013🎓 MS🔄 Round 10#️⃣ Question 17🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

What is the current explanation for the formation of the asteroid belt?

W) There was too big of a gap between Mars and Jupiter to form a planet
X) Mars had two moons and planetesimals [plan-i-TES-uh-muhls] in that location were not large enough to form another moon
Y) The planetesimals in that location were moving too slowly to accrete to form a planet
Z) After Jupiter was formed, planetesimals in that location were perturbed by Jupiter's gravity and could not form a planet
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