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Mass (in units of Nearby Earth masses) temperature (K) The table to the right gi

ID: 114794 • Letter: M

Question

Mass (in units of Nearby Earth masses) temperature (K) The table to the right gives the properties of various hypothetical protoplanets that might have been found in the early Solar System's disk. Use this information to answer the question below Protoplanet 3.3 Fargo Austin Tucson 1400 1500 150 0.5 If the protoplanets maintain their locations from the Sun, then which one is most likely to become a jovian planet? Austin O Tucson Fargo None. All of these protoplanets will be ejected when the strong stellar winds clear the solar neighborhood

Explanation / Answer

Tucson.

The Jovian planets are large gaseous planets like Saturn and Jupiter. Both the planets have temperature about 150K thought both are much bigger than the planets in the options. If any of them happen to be jovian plante then it can only be Tucson.