We have many reasons to believe asteroids have collisions with each one another.Which one of the following is not NOT one of these reasons?
A) We have actually imaged asteroids in collision.
B) Almost all of the asteroids orbit the Sun in the same direction.
C) There are several families of asteroids with very similar orbits.
D) We have observed asteroids which that appear to be two lobes connected by a narrow collar, as though two asteroids had collided and stuck together.
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