What is the Kuiper Belt?
A) a swarm of comet nuclei in a huge shell surrounding the Sun and planets
B) a large belt containing asteroids in a gap between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
C) a disklike swarm of icy objects that lies from near the orbit of Neptune to past Pluto's orbit
D) an enormous aggregate of gas and dust from which the Solar System was formed
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Q47: The Leonid meteor shower occurs in mid-November.
Q48: _ travel(s) the farthest from the Sun.
A)
Q49: The tail of a comet always points
Q50: The typical size of a comet's nucleus
Q52: Why are there two tails to some
Q53: In what direction does a comet's tail
Q54: A comet's tail _.
A) is gas and
Q55: The tail of a comet _.
A) points
Q56: Comet nuclei typically have an average density
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