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It was named for the Dutch astronomer, Jan Oort, though it was first hypothesized by Ernst Opik in 1932. Oort refined and re-introduced the idea in 1950.
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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 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.
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.
What is the hypothetical sphere around the solar system?
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.
What is the correct spelling of orrt cloud?
The correct spelling is the Oort Cloud of comets that is proposed to lie at the fringe of the solar system. It is named for Dutch astronomer Jan Oort (1900-1992).
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 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.
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)
What do you call the point origin of a comet?
The comets come from the Oort Cloud named after Jan Oort who suggested in 1950 that they originated from a common location in the Solar System.
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 contains tens of thousands of objects made of ice dust and rock that orbit the sun beyond neptune?
It's called the Oort Cloud, named for a scientist named Oort who first theorized about it. It is a vast depository of stuff left over from the formation of our Solar System over 4 billion years ago. It's where comets come from.
What part of the Oort cloud is the atmosphere?
No part of the atmosphere of any planet is any part of the Oort cloud.
