Suppose you were to go back in time and explore the early solar nebula (during the formation of the solar system).If you were to travel outward from the protosun,the first solid material you would encounter would be
A) dust-sized grains of iron and rocky material.
B) dust-sized grains of frozen hydrogen,water,ice,and rocky minerals.
C) snowflakes made of frozen water,methane,ammonia,and carbon dioxide.
D) snowflakes of frozen hydrogen and helium.

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During the early solar system, the protosun heated up the material in the nebula causing it to evaporate and travel away from the sun. As this material cooled, it condensed into solid particles made up of iron and rocky material, forming the first solid material encountered as one travels outward from the protosun.

Suppose You Were to Go Back in Time and Explore