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What is closer to the sun the Oort cloud object or Kuiper belt object?
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The Kuiper Belt begins somewhere past the orbit of Neptune; the dwarf planet Pluto is technically a Kuiper Belt Object.
The Oort Cloud is hypothesized as being much farther out. Comets that approach the Sun inevitably will lose mass and disintegrate in much less than a billion years. But the Earth is about 4.6 billion years old, and we're still seeing comets. There must be a repository of pre-comet objects in distant orbits, and something probably occasionally perturbs an Oort cloud object and causes it to drop into the inner solar system.
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What is the Kuiper Belt and the Oort cloud?
The Kuiper belt is a donut shaped area that is past Neptune. the Oort cloud is sphere shaped and is an area past Pluto.
Which has not actually been seen by astronomers the Main asteroid belt the Oort cloud or the Kuiper belt?
The Oort cloud
What belts are beyond the Kuiper Belt?
There are no know belts beyond the Kuiper belt, but there is the hypothetical Oort cloud. See related question
Is Kuiper belt and Oort cloud a country?
No. Regions in outer space.
The Oort Cloud is believed to be?
a spherical cloud of cometary nuclei far beyond the Kuiper Belt
What is the difference of kuiper belt and oort coud?
The Kuiper belt is composed of asteroids and the Orrt cloud is composed of comets.
What solar system landmarks is Sedna between?
The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.
Where are the comets found?
It is believed that there is a large cloud of comets, called the Oort Cloud, orbiting the Sun at a relatively large distance. Now and then, one of them is budged by gravitational forces; as a result, they come closer to the Sun - where we are.
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 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.
Sedna is different from other dwarf planets?
in in between the kuiper belt and oort cloud
Where do comets form?
Comets have two main sources, the Oort Cloud or the Kuiper Belt
