What Defines a Comet as a Long-Period Comet

question 11

Multiple Choice

What defines a comet as a long-period comet?

• A) The comet makes only one pass near the Sun and then leaves the solar system forever.
• B) The comet falls in from the Oort cloud rather than from the Kuiper belt.
• C) The comet has a period longer than 1000 years.
• D) The comet has a period longer than 200 years.

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