What Is the Oort Cloud

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Multiple Choice

What is the Oort cloud?

• A)It is the spherical distribution of the trillion or so comets thought to orbit the Sun at great distances.
• B)It is another name for the cloud of gas from which our solar system was born.
• C)It is a great cloud of gas that resides far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
• D)It is a giant storm in the atmosphere of Saturn.

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