Multiple Choice
Objects in the Kuiper belt
A) lie beyond the orbit of Neptune, and close to the ecliptic.
B) are the sources of long- period comets.
C) lie beyond the orbit of Neptune and perpendicular to the ecliptic.
D) are in random orbits at all inclinations to the ecliptic.
E) are dense, like the iron meteorites.
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