Based on everything you have learned about the formation of our solar system, which of the following statements is probably not true?
A)Other planetary systems will have far more numerous asteroids and comets than actual planets.
B)Other solar systems will also have planets in the two basic categories of terrestrial and jovian.
C)Only a tiny percentage of stars are surrounded by spinning disks of gas during their formation.
D)A star system's planets generally tend to orbit their star in the same direction and approximately the same plane.

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The formation of our solar system involved the collapse of a spinning cloud of gas and dust, which formed a rotating disk around the newly formed Sun. This is a common process in the formation of other star systems as well, and it is believed that the majority of stars are surrounded by spinning disks of gas during their formation. Therefore, statement C is probably not true.

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