C. Although Alpha Centauri B is similar in size to the sun, it is much further away from earth. The sun is 8 minutes away from earth at the speed of light, while Alpha Centauri B and earth is more than 4 light years apart.
Answer: Option D. Vestigial trait
Explanation:
Vestigial traits simply involves those traits (such as organs, structurrs or behaviors) which are found or occurs in organisms or animals, that have lost all or most of their original function through evolution. These vestigial structures were organs that performed some important functions in the organism at one point in the past. In most cases, organs or traits once identified as vestigial simply had an unrecognized function.
Answer:
planetesimal is (astronomy) any of many small, solid astronomical objects, that orbit a star and form protoplanets through mutual gravitational attraction while planet is (astronomy) a body which orbits the sun directly and is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (effectively meaning a spheroid)
