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    Where Did Comets That Are Now in the Kuiper Belt
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Where Did Comets That Are Now in the Kuiper Belt

Question 115

Question 115

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Where did comets that are now in the Kuiper belt originally form?


A) inside Jupiter's orbit
B) in the asteroid belt
C) between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune
D) in the Oort cloud
E) near the radius at which they orbit today

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