Multiple Choice
Why do some asteroids leave the asteroid belt and cross the orbits of Earth and other solar system bodies?
A) The gravity of Earth and other bodies pull the asteroids out of the asteroid belt.
B) Asteroids collide in the asteroid belt and some asteroids are diverted into other orbits.
C) Comets passing through the asteroid belt pull asteroids away.
D) The asteroid belt is slowly expanding with time, into orbits of Earth and other bodies.
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