What is the Kuiper belt?
A) a prize given to the person who discovers the most asteroids in a given year
B) a region beyond Neptune in which a large number of small icy objects orbit
C) a ring around Jupiter in which comets are captured
D) a halo of light seen around some bright comets
E) streaks seen in the tails of some comets
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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
Q57: Astronomers think that most comets come from
Q59: What is the Oort cloud?
A) gas around
Q60: What are comets made of?
A) mostly iron,
Q61: Annual meteor showers such as the Perseids
Q62: What evidence supports the assumption that a
Q63: What evidence do we have that an
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