Multiple Choice
The Oort Cloud is believed to have been formed by:
A) planetesimals that were flung far from the Sun in gravitational encounters with the jovianplanets.
B) icy bodies formed between stars that have been captured by our solar system's gravity.
C) moons that escaped from the jovian planets.
D) debris from an icy planet that broke apart early in the solar system's history.
E) debris from impacts of planetesimals, asteroids and comets with the jovian planets.
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