Which of the following is referred as large dirty snowballs of space ?

Sun

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Asteroids

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Moon

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Comets

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The correct option is D Comets
Comets are several miles in diameter, composed of rock, ice and other organic compounds, making them “dirty snowballs” in space, according to NASA's near earth object program. They originate outside the orbit of the outermost planets and form elliptical orbits that pass close to the sun.

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