An astronomer is describing an orbiting body she recently observed. Based on this description, determine which region of the solar system the body is most likely to reside in: At its closest, the observed body was 2.4 AU from the Sun. At this point, we were able to determine that it was composed primarily of rock and metal, although we do not know exactly which metals it contains. Its orbit is not a perfect ellipse because it moves slightly every time Jupiter passes by.

asteroid belt
inner planets
outer planets
Kuiper Belt
Oort cloud