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s.tung

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What is the Kuiper belt?
 
  A) a region of the solar system that extends almost a fourth of the way to the nearest stars and contains a trillion comets with orbits going in all directions around the Sun
  B) a technical name for the asteroid belt
  C) the most prominent ring of Saturn that is visible in photographs
  D) a region of the solar system beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune that contains many icy bodies, including Pluto

Question 2

About how many potentially hazardous asteroids pass within 0.05 AU of the Earth per decade in modern times?
 
  A) None
  B) 10-20
  C) 200-300
  D) 5000-1000
  E) A completely unknown quantity; it could easily be anywhere from just a few to millions.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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