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The objects that are sometimes visible in the night sky with long tails are ____________.

Leftover planetesimals that formed in the region of the solar system now occupied by the jovian planets are called _________ .

Pieces of asteroids that have fallen to Earth are called ___________.

Leftover planetesimals that formed inside the frost line are known as ___________.

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1. About a trillion comets are thought to be located far, far beyond Pluto in the [Oort cloud].

2. The bright spherical part of a comet observed when it is close to the Sun is the [coma].

3. A comet's [plasma tail] stretches directly away from the Sun.

4. A comet's [nucleus] is the frozen portion of a comet.

5. Particles ejected from a comet can cause a(n) [meteor shower] on Earth.

6. The [Kuiper belt] extends from about beyond the orbit of Neptune to about twice the distance of Neptune from the Sun.