Comets with extremely elliptical orbits, like Hyakutake and Hale- Bopp,
A)are captured by Jupiter.
B)come from the asteroid belt.
C)are Trojan comets.
D)come from the Kuiper belt.
E)come from the Oort cloud.

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Comets with extremely elliptical orbits, like Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp, originate from the Oort cloud, a hypothetical region of the outer solar system where billions of icy objects are thought to reside. These comets are believed to be disrupted from their distant orbits and fall towards the inner solar system due to gravitational interactions with passing stars or other cosmic disturbances.

Comets with Extremely Elliptical Orbits, Like Hyakutake and Hale- Bopp