How Are Space Probes to the Outer Planets Such as Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

How are space probes to the outer planets such as Jupiter protected from being obliterated by collisions with asteroids in the asteroid belt?

• A) They aren't. Only one out of every four spacecraft is lost to collisions with asteroids, so it is less expensive to take this risk.
• B) The spacecraft are equipped with cameras to detect asteroids so that they can be directed safely around them.
• C) The spacecraft are sent in an inclined orbit that arcs above or below the asteroid belt, and then they cross the ecliptic again near Jupiter.
• D) They aren't. Asteroids are so far apart that the spacecraft just sail through.

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