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What is the diameter of the Oort cloud?
No one knows. The Oort cloud is a hypothesised cloud of comets - it has not been directly observed.It is believed to extend from about 2,000 AU to about 50,000 AU or the edge of the Solar System.
How far away is the Oort cloud?
The Oort Cloud is 100,00 Astromonical Units (AU) Those other answers were just not smart at all . I'M ONLY IN THE 6TH GRADE !
What is the difference between the kuiper belt and the oort cloud?
We are not certain that the Oort Cloud actually exists. It would be about 50,000 AU from the Sun. The far edge of the Kupier Belt is believed to be about 55 AU from the sun. So that would put it 49,945 AU from the Oort Cloud.
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 color is an Oort cloud?
the oort cloud is mostly black
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.
Are there stars in the oort cloud?
No. The Oort cloud is a hypothetical cloud of comets orbiting the Sun at approximately 50,000 AU or one light year from the Sun. It is about a quarter of the distance to the next nearest star at 4.2 light years. See related link for more information.
Spherical region of comets surronding the solar system-what is it called?
The outer Oort cloud. (The inner Oort cloud is believed to be disk-shaped.)
Where is the Oort Cloud at?
We have no direct evidence, but theory indicates that the inner boundary of the Oort cloud would be out past Pluto, at about 100 AU, and might extend for up to 20,000 AU or more. It might extend as far as one light-year out, but something that far out would be very tenuously held by the Sun's gravity.
What is the hypothetical sphere around the solar system?
Oort cloud
The name of the cloud with frozen comets?
Oort (Yes - that is what it is called)
Does the Oort cloud have rings?
No it does not. The Oort cloud is not a planet. It is a sphere of comets around our solar system.
