Multiple Choice
Orphan planets are
A) planets which have been flung out into interstellar space as a result of inward migration
B) moons of gas-giant planets which are in unstable orbits and escape becoming planets themselves
C) planets which have been gravitationally captured by other stars
D) bodies blasted from rocky planets by giant impacts becoming planets themselves
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