Dark smudges on the surface of Neptune’s moon Triton appear to be the result of a.organic polymers resulting from ammonia interacting with Neptune’s magnetic field. b.impact debris from asteroid collisions releasing organic matter under the icy crust falling back to the surface as smudges behind the craters. c.methane, converted by sunlight into dark deposits, ejected into space during the eruption of geysers of liquid nitrogen. d.disintegration of ring particles falling on the planet and confined to thin smudges by the planet’s magnetic field.

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Dark smudges on the surface of Neptune’s moon Triton appear to be the result of

	a.	organic polymers resulting from ammonia interacting with Neptune’s magnetic field.
	b.	impact debris from asteroid collisions releasing organic matter under the icy crust falling back to the surface as smudges behind the craters.
	c.	methane, converted by sunlight into dark deposits, ejected into space during the eruption of geysers of liquid nitrogen.
	d.	disintegration of ring particles falling on the planet and confined to thin smudges by the planet’s magnetic field.