All the following statements are true. Which of them are considered to be "exceptions" to the general trends described by the first three major features of the solar system?
A. Pluto is in the outer solar system but is ice-rich in composition.
B. Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, is even larger than Earth's moon.
C. Our Moon has a diameter more than 1/4 the diameter of Earth.
D. Venus rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation of the other terrestrial planets.
E. Uranus rotates with an axis tilt that lies nearly in the ecliptic plane.
Answer:
C. Our Moon has a diameter more than 1/4 the diameter of Earth.
D. Venus rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation of the other terrestrial planets.
E. Uranus rotates with an axis tilt that lies nearly in the ecliptic plane.
(Note that these exceptions must still be accounted for by any reasonable theory of solar system formation. )
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