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Bookmark or Share- Oort cloud | Astronomy & Formation Process | BritannicaOort cloud, immense, roughly spherical cloud of icy small bodies that are inferred to revolve around the Sun at distances typically more than 1,000 times that of the orbit of Neptune, the outermost known major planet. Named for the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who demonstrated its existence, the Oort.
- Oort Cloud - NASA ScienceThe Oort Cloud lies far beyond Pluto and the most distant edges of the Kuiper Belt. While the planets of our solar system orbit in a flat plane, the Oort Cloud is believed to be a giant spherical shell surrounding the Sun, planets and Kuiper Belt Objects.
- Oort cloud - WikipediaThe Oort cloud (/ ɔːr t, ʊər t /), sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, is theorized to be a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years).
- What is the Oort Cloud? - Universe TodayThe Oort Cloud is a theoretical spherical cloud of predominantly icy planetesimals that is believed to surround the Sun at a distance of up to around 100,000 AU (2 ly).
- How We Know about the Oort Cloud, Distant Home of CometsSolar System. Comets. How We Know about the Oort Cloud, Distant Home of Comets. News. By Paul Sutter. published 1 March 2019. Comets like ISON, which swung by the sun in 2013, likely began their...
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