Do all stars have an Oort cloud or is it a rare occurence?
Oct 18, 2014 · Oort-cloud objects are 2,000 - 50,000 (or more) AU away-- so these objects, to us in the same solar system, have an apparent magnitude much fainter than 11. The point of that …
Why can't we observe the Oort cloud with a telescope?
The Oort cloud is a hypothetical structure based on our observation of long-period comets. There are currently proposals to design probes to confirm the existence of the Oort cloud. Now, …
Do other stars have Oort clouds? - Astronomy Stack Exchange
Apr 18, 2016 · If they have Oort clouds, would there not be interactions between their Oort cloud objects and the planets of the Solar system? For example, the outer edge of the Sun's Oort …
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Oct 12, 2024 · The Oort Cloud is poorly understood and hypothesized to go up to 2000 AU to 3 ly away, at which point other stars start pulling on Oort Cloud bodies and the question of what is …
Lack of objects between heliopause and Oort cloud?
Feb 2, 2016 · The density of Oort cloud objects is thought to decrease with increasing distance from the Sun. However, the volume of a shell in the base 10 logarithm of radius increases by …
What's the reason for the hollow region in Oort cloud?
Oct 16, 2023 · The Oort cloud itself is thought to be mainly populated with objects that formed in the inner Solar System, where the protostellar disc was dense. Small asteroids that are close …
Outer Limit of Oort Cloud - Astronomy Stack Exchange
Mar 10, 2023 · Thus, if the mass within the Sun's orbit around the center of the galaxy is between ten billion (10,000,000,000) and one hundred fifty billion (150,000,000,000) times the mass of …
Where does the Solar System end? - Astronomy Stack Exchange
Oct 4, 2014 · The planets in our Solar System, however, aren't even close to that far away from the Sun. Where does our Solar System end? Is the edge considered to be the orbit of …
Why is the Oort cloud presumed to be spherical?
Nov 13, 2014 · The Oort cloud objects are thought to be the reservoir of very long period cometary bodies. They are inferred to have a spherical distribution because the very long …
What will be the impacts on the planets' orbits from Gliese 710?
In 1.5 million years, the star Gliese 710 is expected to pass through the Oort cloud. Now obviously this will shower the inner solar system with comets, but the Wikipedia page doesn't say …