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The Oort cloud. Artwork

author: P.Carril/Novapix

reference: a-com99-90007

Image Size 300 DPI: 28 * 28 cm

The Oort Cloud is a huge spherical cloud surrounding our Solar System. Extending about 30 trillion kilometers (18 trillion miles) from the Sun, it was first proposed in 1950 by Dutch astronomer Jan Oort. The vast distance of the Oort cloud is considered to be the outer edge of the Solar System where the Sun's influence ends. It contains billions of icy bodies and seems to be the birth place of comets.

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2012 - ASTRONOMY - COMET - ILLUSTRATION - OORT CLOUD - SOLAR SYSTEM - STAR - SUN -