Most Comet Nuclei Are Believed to Be

question 98

Multiple Choice

Most comet nuclei are believed to be

• A) chunks of rock or iron chipped from asteroids by impacts.
• B) large carbon chondrite meteoroids that have been set on fire by the Sun and are trailing long smoke trails.
• C) chunks of water and methane ice ejected from the surface of the icy satellites of the outer planets by asteroid impacts.
• D) chunks of dirty ice left over from the formation of the solar system.

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