Sentence Correction

163. Because Halley’s comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.
(A) between passing
(B) of passing
(C) between its passes
(D) of its passes
(E) as it passes


Hi everyone,

OA=C
Is there anything wrong with the useage of "between" here?
Thanks,

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Good OG 12 Q it is

more to do with meaning