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- where do hyperbolic comets originate?
the kuiper belt
the asteroid belt
interstellar space
the oort cloud
Hyperbolic comets have orbits that are not bound to the Sun, meaning they pass through the solar system once and do not return. The Oort cloud is a distant, spherical cloud of icy bodies surrounding the solar system; gravitational perturbations can send some of these bodies into hyperbolic orbits towards the inner solar system. The Kuiper belt and asteroid belt are sources of shorter-period comets or asteroids, respectively, while interstellar space is where hyperbolic comets may travel after passing through, not their origin.
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the Oort cloud