Suppose two perpendicular tangents can be drawn from the origin to the circle $x^2+y^2-6x-2py+17=0$,for some real $p$. Then,$|p|$ is equal to

  • A
    $0$
  • B
    $3$
  • C
    $5$
  • D
    $17$

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