Oort cloud
Noun
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Plural |
- The Oort cloud is a large group of small bodies of ice and rock that might exist in our solar system beyond the known planets.
- Some comets that we see come from the Oort cloud.
| The Solar System (edit) | |
|---|---|
| Star | sun |
| Planets | Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune |
| Dwarf planets | Ceres • Orcus • Pluto • Haumea • Quaoar • Makemake • Gonggong • Eris • Sedna |
| Small solar system bodies | asteroid belt • comets • Kuiper belt • meteors • Oort cloud • scattered disc |
| Other | moon • symbols for objects |