Why Do Some Short-Period Comets Have Orbits Within the Orbit

question 66

Multiple Choice

Why do some short-period comets have orbits within the orbit of Jupiter?

• A) They were created from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
• B) They actually orbit Jupiter rather than the Sun.
• C) As they traveled to the inner Solar System from the Kuiper Belt, they suffered a gravitational encounter with Jupiter, which trapped them.
• D) As they traveled to the inner Solar System from the Kuiper Belt, they collided with one another and no longer had enough speed to reach the Kuiper Belt again.
• E) Most comets formed in the inner Solar System, and migrated outward later.

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