Multiple Choice
A large meteor shower will often occur once a year because
A) Earth typically has one large volcanic eruption every year.
B) Earth's orbit passes through the Apollo asteroid belt.
C) the Sun goes through a yearly solar cycle.
D) Jupiter routinely disturbs the orbits of asteroids in the Jovian belt.
E) Earth's orbit passes through the debris left behind by a specific comet.
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