The presence of a Mercurian magnetic field surprised the planetary scientists on the Mariner 10 team because:
A) Mercury is low in iron.
B) Mercury spins to rapidly to produce a stable dynamo.
C) It's still too hot for its core to have differentiated.
D) The dynamo theory predicted that Mercury was spinning too slowly for one.
E) Mercury lacks an iron core.
D
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