The Oort Cloud Comets Were Probably

question 36

Multiple Choice

The Oort cloud comets were probably

• A) captured from interstellar space by the Sun
• B) once moons of the outer jovian planets Uranus and Neptune
• C) formed when comets that passed close to one of the jovian planets were flung out into the outer reaches of the solar system
• D) blasted from dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris

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