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Premises:
sections of asteroid belt orbits that are nearly preoccupied caused by orbital resonances with Jupiter
asteroids with orbits that carry them into the inner Solar System
objects with orbits between, or crossing, orbits of the Jovian planets
a spherical cloud of icy bodies extending 10,000 to 100,000 AU from the Sun
chondrites rich in water, other volatiles and organic compounds
the head of a comet
impact crater likely the evidence for the extinction of dinosaurs
chondrites with calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions
stony meteorites lacking chondrules and volatiles
planetary objects caught in Jupiter's Lagrange points
Responses:
Oort cloud
Kirkwood gaps
Chicxulub
CAIs
achondrites
carbonaceous chondrites
Apollo-Armor objects
Centaurs
coma
Trojan asteroids

Correct Answer:

sections of asteroid belt orbits that are nearly preoccupied caused by orbital resonances with Jupiter
asteroids with orbits that carry them into the inner Solar System
objects with orbits between, or crossing, orbits of the Jovian planets
a spherical cloud of icy bodies extending 10,000 to 100,000 AU from the Sun
chondrites rich in water, other volatiles and organic compounds
the head of a comet
impact crater likely the evidence for the extinction of dinosaurs
chondrites with calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions
stony meteorites lacking chondrules and volatiles
planetary objects caught in Jupiter's Lagrange points
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