MOSTost Comet Nuclei Are Believed to Be

question 189

Multiple Choice

MOSTost comet nuclei are believed to be:

• A) carbonaceous chondrite meteorites-carbon material-ignited by sunlight and resulting in long smoke trails.
• B) pieces of dusty ice left over from the formation of the solar system.
• C) pieces of dirty ice ejected from the surface of the icy satellites of the outer planets by asteroid impacts.
• D) pieces of rock or iron chipped from asteroids by impacts.

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