A Kuiper belt object whose orbit is tilted with respect to the orbits of the planets is MOST likely to have
A) originated in the Oort cloud.
B) formed in place during the early history of the solar system.
C) been a scattered moon of a giant planet,
D) been scattered to its current location by interactions with the giant planets.

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Objects in the Kuiper Belt with orbits that are significantly tilted with respect to the plane of the solar system are likely to have been influenced by gravitational interactions with the giant planets, which could scatter them into their current orbits.

A Kuiper Belt Object Whose Orbit Is Tilted with Respect