Where Did Comets That Are Now in the Oort Cloud

question 102

Multiple Choice

Where did comets that are now in the Oort cloud originally form?

• A)near the jovian planets
• B)within the solar nebula, but far outside the orbit of Pluto
• C)outside Neptune's orbit
• D)inside Jupiter's orbit
• E)all of the above

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