UNIVERSE
METEORS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Oort Cloud
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Kuiper Belt
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Asteroid Belt
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In between the outer and inner planets.
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The Sun
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Detailed explanation-1: -Researchers have found that some near-Earth asteroids are actually burned-out comets, and most of them would have started out in the Kuiper Belt. (The other source of comets is the Oort Cloud, where most long-period comets on highly tilted orbits originate.)
Detailed explanation-2: -It is home to at least five known dwarf planets, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Quaoar, and of course Pluto.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Comets are believed to have two sources. Long-period comets (those which take more than 200 years to complete an orbit around the Sun) originate from the Oort Cloud. Short-period comets (those which take less than 200 years to complete an orbit around the Sun) originate from the Kuiper Belt.
Detailed explanation-4: -The largest two Kuiper Belt objects are Pluto and Eris, with Pluto being slightly larger at a diameter of 2, 377 kilometers (1, 477 miles). There are between three and seven other known KBOs with diameters that are approximately 950-1, 500 kilometers (600-900 miles), including Pluto’s largest moon, Charon.