Marcus attended a night program at an observatory to learn more about the solar system. The program provided the following data table. Objects in the Solar SystemCharacteristicSize inner planetsround, orbit the sun, made of rock and metal4,879 km–12,756 km outer planetsround, orbit the sun, made of gas and liquid49,528 km–142,984 km moonsround, orbit a planet1,066 km–5,262 km cometsloose balls of ice and rock with narrow orbit; develop tails near sunabout 10 km asteroidsirregularly shaped, rocky bodiesusually >10 m-960 km meteoroidschunks of rock or dustsusually <10 m He learned that the solar system contains many objects in addition to the planets and the sun. Which of the following is the smallest object? A.asteroids B.comets C.moons D.meteoroids
