Suppose We Discover a Comet Whose Orbit Was Very Highly

question 20

Multiple Choice

Suppose we discover a comet whose orbit was very highly eccentric, retrograde, had a very large tilt with respect to the ecliptic plane, and had a period of 30,000 years.Where is the most likely place of origin for this comet?

• A) the Kuiper Belt
• B) the Oort Cloud
• C) the asteroid belt
• D) the Jovian family
• E) outside the Solar System

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