In addition to hundreds of smaller objects they have been discovering in the Kuiper Belt recently, astronomers were surprised to find
A) clear evidence of the building blocks of life in their atmospheres and tails
B) larger bodies, with sizes as big as Pluto (now called dwarf planets)
C) objects whose orbits bring them as close to the Sun as Mars
D) objects whose composition indicates that they are made mostly of stone and metal, not ice
E) souvenirs from Earth's tourist attractions, such as Bayonne, New Jersey
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