The Oort Cloud is thought to be

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B) a cloud of debris that occasionally encounters the Earth, causing a meteor shower.
C) the spherical cloud of comets and some larger icy bodies surrounding the outer solar system.
D) a cloud of asteroids moving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
E) the material in the ecliptic plane that creates the zodiacal light.


C

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