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Oort cloud
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Oort cloudis a part of our solar system2001-09-27 09:31:50.0
has location < 100000 AU from the Sunhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:50.0
has definition H I region extending to more than 100000 AU from the Sun, barely gravitationally bound, postulated as the birthplace of comets.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:50.0
is an instance of dust2001-09-27 09:31:50.0
dustis a part of disk2001-09-27 09:32:19.0