Multiple Choice
The most likely origin of the "dirty snowballs" that become long-period comets when deflected into orbits bringing them closer to the Sun is the
A) Oort cloud surrounding the solar system.
B) surfaces of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
C) gas clouds in the Milky Way.
D) asteroid belt.
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