Author Question: Where did comets that are now in the Oort cloud originally form? A) near the jovian planets B) ... (Read 150 times)

CharlieWard · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

Where did comets that are now in the Oort cloud originally form?

A) near the jovian planets
B) outside Neptune's orbit
C) inside Jupiter's orbit
D) within the solar nebula, but far outside the orbit of Pluto
E) all of the above

Question 2

Based on observations by the Dawn spacecraft, scientists have concluded that Vesta might be:

A) a planetesimal leftover from the solar system's formation.
B) the only remaining protoplanet in our solar system.
C) one of the dwarf planets in our solar system.
D) a fragment of Mars.
E) one of the remnants of the planet that broke up to form the asteroid belt.