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The name of the cloud with frozen comets?
Oort (Yes - that is what it is called)
Is Sedna a oort cloud?
no
Which has not actually been seen by astronomers the Main asteroid belt the Oort cloud or the Kuiper belt?
The Oort cloud
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.
What is the name for the outer part of the solar system where comets can be found?
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What kind of objects would scientist study to learn about the composition of the Oort cloud?
The Oort cloud is spherical cloud of or shell comets nearly a light-year from the Sun. Comets are disturbed from this cloud by gravitational attraction and other factors and pass into the area occupied by the inner planets (Earth for example). Scientists then can observe these transient bodies to determine the composition of material in 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.
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.)
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.
What part of the Oort cloud is the atmosphere?
No part of the atmosphere of any planet is any part of the Oort cloud.
Is a oort cloud created by solar wind?
No. The Oort Cloud is "leftover" mass from the formation of the Sun and the planets.
Is Sedna a oort cloud?
no
Which has not actually been seen by astronomers the Main asteroid belt the Oort cloud or the Kuiper belt?
The Oort cloud
