Question

A scientist is using a telescope and sees a comet that has a tail. What can they surmise about the comet?

A. It came from the Oort Cloud.
B. It came from the Kuiper Belt.
C. It has a retrograde orbit.
D. It is close and approaching the Sun.

Answer 1

It would be a mixture of A and B but if you chose one of them it would at least give credits for it

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Answer 2

D. It is close and approaching the Sun.

Step-by-step explanation:

Comet's "Tails" are plasma, they are only visible when in orbit close to the Sun, because the Sun illuminates them.