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Chapter 2, Problem 6MC
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The correct option, from the following options, for an asteroid with an orbit lying entirely inside Earth's orbit.

(a) has an orbital semimajor axis of less than 1 AU

(b) has a longer orbital period than Earth's

(c) moves more slowly than Earth

(d) must have a highly eccentric orbit

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