Oort cloud

Meaning

Noun

●

In Astronomy:

A

of

of comet-like

and other

and

that

in a

system.

Name

●

The Solar System's Oort

,

from 50,000 to 100,000

astronomical units

(approximately 1

) from the

;

the

of most

around the Solar System.

●

Alternative form of Oort Cloud (the Solar System's Oort

)

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