Which of the following is not a piece of evidence supporting the idea that Pluto is a large comet of the Kuiper belt?
A)Pluto's composition appears to match that of other known Kuiper belt comets.
B)Triton,which must once have orbited the Sun before being captured by Neptune,is significantly larger than Pluto.
C)Pluto grows a coma and a long tail when it is at the point in its orbit closest to the Sun.
D)Pluto's orbit is very similar to the orbits of other known Kuiper belt comets.
E)Pluto is not the largest object orbiting in the region of the Kuiper belt.

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Pluto does not grow a coma or a long tail when it is closest to the Sun, which is a characteristic behavior of comets as they approach the Sun and not a feature observed with Pluto.

Which of the Following Is Not a Piece of Evidence