What defines a comet as a long-period comet?
A) The comet makes only one pass near the Sun and then leaves the solar system forever.
B) The comet falls in from the Oort cloud rather than from the Kuiper belt.
C) The comet has a period longer than 1000 years.
D) The comet has a period longer than 200 years.
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