5. According to the selection, what caused the comets and asteroids in the asteroid belt to begin following their present path?

They were nudged into their present paths by the
gravitational influence of the Sun.

They were created from a massive planetary collision
between Jupiter and another object.

They were nudged into their present paths by the
gravitational influences of Jupiter and Mars.

They were nudged into their present paths by the
gravitational influences of Earth and Mars.