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What is a way that the properties of the gas giants could cause the number of moons that orbit each planet
to differ greatly from the number of moons that orbit Earth?
Gas giants rotate more rapidly than Earth, so they eject more material that could form natural satellites
Gas giants are less dense than Earth, so they contain less material that could form natural satellites
Gas giants are more massive than Earth and thus have greater gravitational forces, so they could attract more objects
Cas giants are farther from the sun than Earth, so there are fewer objects in that part of space to attract into orbits
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SC8.257
What is a way that the properties of the gas giants could cause the number of moons that orbit each planet
to differ greatly from the number of moons that orbit Earth?
Gas giants rotate more rapidly than Earth, so they eject more material that could form natural satellites
Gas giants are less dense than Earth, so they contain less material that could form natural satellites
Gas giants are more massive than Earth and thus have greater gravitational forces, so they could attract more objects
Cas giants are farther from the sun than Earth, so there are fewer objects in that part of space to attract into orbits
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