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What is the cloud that surrounds the solar system?
The Oort Cloud is a region of space surrounding our solar system that is believed to contain trillions of icy objects, such as comets, extending out to about 1 light year from the Sun. It is thought to be the source of long-period comets that occasionally enter the inner solar system.
A spherical cloud of small icy fragments at the farthest reaches of the Sun's gravitational influence?
This icy cloud is known as the Oort Cloud and is located about 1 to 3 light-years away from the Sun. It is believed to be the source of long-period comets that occasionally enter the inner solar system. The Oort Cloud is a remnant of the early solar system and holds valuable clues about its formation.
What scientist named the Oort cloud?
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.
What is the hypothetical sphere around the solar system?
The hypothetical sphere around the solar system is known as the Oort Cloud. It is a region of space theorized to contain icy objects and comets that extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto. The Oort Cloud is thought to be the source of long-period comets that occasionally enter the inner solar system.
Can you see beyond the oort cloud?
As of now, we have not observed any objects or phenomena beyond the Oort Cloud. The Oort Cloud is the theoretical boundary of the solar system, so anything beyond it would be in interstellar space. Technology limitations make it difficult to observe objects at such extreme distances.
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 cloud that surrounds the solar system?
The Oort Cloud is a region of space surrounding our solar system that is believed to contain trillions of icy objects, such as comets, extending out to about 1 light year from the Sun. It is thought to be the source of long-period comets that occasionally enter the inner solar system.
A spherical cloud of small icy fragments at the farthest reaches of the Sun's gravitational influence?
This icy cloud is known as the Oort Cloud and is located about 1 to 3 light-years away from the Sun. It is believed to be the source of long-period comets that occasionally enter the inner solar system. The Oort Cloud is a remnant of the early solar system and holds valuable clues about its formation.
Is Sedna a oort cloud?
Sedna is not located in the Oort Cloud. It is a trans-Neptunian object with a highly elliptical orbit that takes it far from the Sun, but it does not reach the distant reaches 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.
What part of the Oort cloud is the atmosphere?
No part of the atmosphere of any planet is any part of 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.
Is Saturn part of the Oort cloud?
No. The Oort cloud is way beyond the orbit of Saturn. It's where many of the comets come from.
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 in space are comets?
in the oort cloud
The oort cloud is the home of?
Comets.
Can people see the Oort cloud?
No
