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The One Orbital Characteristic That Both Short- and Long-Period Comets

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The one orbital characteristic that both short- and long-period comets share is


A) mostly prograde orbits.
B) orbits with completely random tilts.
C) mostly retrograde orbits.
D) orbital periods longer than any planet.
E) highly eccentric orbits.

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