What Kind of Objects Are Located Beyond the Asteroid Belt

question 6

Multiple Choice

What kind of objects are located beyond the asteroid belt (3 AU from the Sun) and have extremely large masses with very low densities?

• A) comets
• B) asteroids
• C) Terrestrial planets
• D) Jovian planets

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