The Oort Cloud Is Thought to Be

question 140

Multiple Choice

The Oort Cloud is thought to be:

• A)the cloud of gas and dust from which our solar system formed.
• B)a cloud of debris that occasionally encounters the Earth, causing a meteor shower.
• C)the spherical cloud of comets and some larger icy bodies surrounding the outer solar system.
• D)a cloud of asteroids moving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
• E)the material in the ecliptic plane that creates the zodiacal light.

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