Sentence Correction

GMATPrep: Jupiter's Moon SC

With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Farenheit, Jupiter's moon Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.

A) Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with
B) Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, its
C) Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has
D) Europa, long considered as far too cold to support life, and its
E) Europa, long considered to be far too cold to support life, and to have

Initially I was a bit confused.

Now.

E. Europa and to have----NOT correct.
D. Europa and its ---NOT correct.
C. Considered as--is not idiomatic as per OG. Correct idiom is "consider X Y"
A. With X, ......, and with Y----NOT correct.

Answer is B.

Now look at the special type of structure of B.

With 800 GMAT score, Karim is teaching in KAPLAN, his hourly pay is higher than that of Akash.

Though I was confused at first, now I am convinced that "pronoun can refer to the NOUN used in the non-essential modifier"

Just write a note in your note book.

Thanks.

OA is B