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What is the Oort Cloud?
Universe Today ^
| Matt Williams
Posted on 08/10/2015 4:36:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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The layout of the solar system, including the Oort Cloud, on a logarithmic scale.
Credit: NASA
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posted on
08/10/2015 4:36:14 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I was told it glowed green under blacklight and it ignites if you light a match at the point of the Oort.
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posted on
08/10/2015 4:39:31 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: BenLurkin
It’s what happens when I leave the bathroom after a night of Taco Bell.
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posted on
08/10/2015 4:40:35 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(With the things that are about to come to light. People might just need a little old-fashioned.)
To: BenLurkin
Its cousin is Ork and numerous aliens have emigrated from there.
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posted on
08/10/2015 4:41:25 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: BenLurkin
Far out man
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posted on
08/10/2015 4:41:51 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: BenLurkin
This places it in interstellar space It's oort of this world?
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posted on
08/10/2015 4:48:33 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Henry Bowman where are you?)
To: BenLurkin
The more important question is, who pays for it.
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posted on
08/10/2015 4:48:46 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/10/2015 4:50:22 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
To: BenLurkin
the population consists of 1-2% asteroidsDon't ask don't tell.
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posted on
08/10/2015 4:51:13 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: BenLurkin
So is it moving through space with us, or waiting for us to pass through?
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posted on
08/10/2015 5:01:54 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: BenLurkin; knarf; cripplecreek; Salamander
"What is the Oort Cloud?" It's the bubble of gas left behind by a FOort.
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posted on
08/10/2015 5:02:33 PM PDT
by
shibumi
("Cover it with gas and set it on fire.")
To: shibumi
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posted on
08/10/2015 5:09:41 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(We're ALL Dixie, now.)
To: ClearCase_guy
You just won the internet.
We can all go home now.
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posted on
08/10/2015 5:11:20 PM PDT
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Salamander
(We're ALL Dixie, now.)
To: Salamander
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posted on
08/10/2015 5:13:13 PM PDT
by
publius911
(If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
To: BenLurkin
So..., exactly when did the world “cloud” get replaced by the word “butt”...?
To: freebilly
When did the word “cloud”....
I hate not being able to edit out errors after posting....
To: freebilly
To: BenLurkin
If I remember my astrophysics class, the oort cloud is not theoretical.
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posted on
08/10/2015 5:18:27 PM PDT
by
Fhios
(Immigration without assimilation is an invasion. -- Bobby Jindal)
To: freebilly
To: Fhios
If I remember my astrophysics class, the oort cloud is not theoretical. They reach these things as if they're proven science, but no telescope has ever seen this "cloud".
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posted on
08/10/2015 5:25:31 PM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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