Multiple Choice
Most comets originate
A) near Earth and Venus, in the early Solar System.
B) far from the planets, many thousands of astronomical units (AU) from the Sun.
C) from the region between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune.
D) between the Sun and Mercury.
E) between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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