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    Which of the Following Describes Comets in the Oort Cloud
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Which of the Following Describes Comets in the Oort Cloud

Question 10

Question 10

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Which of the following describes comets in the Oort Cloud?


A) orbit in the same disk as the planets
B) highly processed by the Sun's light
C) high temperatures
D) composed primarily of molecular hydrogen
E) long periods

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