Consider Three Comets That Have Orbital Periods of 10, 100

question 4

Essay

Consider three comets that have orbital periods of 10, 100, and 1,000 years. Where would each of these comets likely originate, in the Oort Cloud or the Kuiper Belt? If you wanted to study material that was the best example of pristine Solar System material, which would you study?

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