h of the following about comets is TRUE?     a. Cometary orbits always lie close to the ecliptic plane     b. Long period comets must originate from well beyond even the Kuiper Belt     c. The Oort c

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Which of the following about comets is TRUE?
   
a. Cometary orbits always lie close to the ecliptic plane
   
b. Long period comets must originate from well beyond even the Kuiper Belt
   
c. The Oort cloud is the large cloud of gas surrounding a comet nucleus while it is near the Sun
   
d. Tails of comets always lie along the path of the orbit

 

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