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

question 5

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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