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A spherical cloud of small icy fragments at the farthest reaches of the Sun's gravitational influence?
That is the Oort Cloud.That is the Oort Cloud.That is the Oort Cloud.That is the Oort Cloud.
What is the cloud that surrounds the solar system?
The Oort cloud.However, technically the Oort cloud IS part of our Solar System.See related link for more information.
Is a oort cloud created by solar wind?
No. The Oort Cloud is "leftover" mass from the formation of the Sun and the planets.
Which takes longer to orbit the sun oort cloud or kupiter belt?
The Oort cloud is generally much further out than the Kuiper belt, so Oort cloud objects will generally take a lot longer to orbit our sun.
What does Oort cloud mean?
The Oort cloud is a theoretical and incredibly vast mass of comets that are believed to orbit the sun at great distances.
What theory suggested that comets originate in the Oort cloud and then travel in long elliptical orbits around the Sun?
Jan Hendrik Oort suggested that comets come from the Oort Cloud. This is sometimes called the Oort Hypothesis.
Is a comet in the Oort cloud further from the sun than pluto?
no
How can the oort cloud be closer to alpha centauri than it is to the sun?
It is not.
Is there any gravity on the oort cloud?
Any object will attract any other object - the comets of the Oort Cloud will attract each other and other objects; also, the gravity of the Sun will still be active at the Oort Cloud.
Where is a comet located?
Comets are believed to have originated from asteroids in a sort of 'cloud', called the 'Oort Cloud'. It is thought all comets come from the Oort Cloud, which is a cloud of asteroids beyond the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune. When one asteroid is knocked off from its orbit from the Oort Cloud, it makes really long trips around the Sun, which is why it becomes a comet. All of the asteroids in the Oort Cloud have some type of ice on them, since they are so far away from the sun that everything in the Oort Cloud seems to freeze.
DoPluto dwell on the inner edge of the oort cloud?
The Oort cloud is a long way past Pluto, so Pluto is much nearer to us and the Sun.
What is the sparse sphere of comets that surrounds the sun and planets?
The "Oort Cloud".
