The Oort Cloud Is ________

question 55

Multiple Choice

The Oort cloud is ________.

• A)an unusual type of cloud formed when meteorites strike the earth
• B)another name for the inner solar system,just before the Sun became hot enough for nuclear fusion
• C)the outer solar system where planetesimals,rocky debris and comets orbit outside beyond the outer planets but cross into the inner solar system at times
• D)the asteroid belt

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