Most Short-Period Comets Do Not Have Randomly Oriented Orbits Because

question 17

Multiple Choice

Most short-period comets do not have randomly oriented orbits because

• A) they are affected by the sun's gravity.
• B) they are affected by the solar wind.
• C) they formed in the Kuiper Belt, a belt-shaped region in the plane of the solar system.
• D) their orbits are altered by the drag of their tails in the solar wind.
• E) they all were originally objects ejected from the asteroid belt.

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