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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

1 posted on 08/10/2015 4:36:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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I was told it glowed green under blacklight and it ignites if you light a match at the point of the Oort.


2 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.)
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It’s what happens when I leave the bathroom after a night of Taco Bell.


3 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.)
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Its cousin is Ork and numerous aliens have emigrated from there.
4 posted on 08/10/2015 4:41:25 PM PDT by Fungi
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Far out man


5 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)
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This places it in interstellar space

It's oort of this world?

6 posted on 08/10/2015 4:48:33 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Henry Bowman where are you?)
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The more important question is, who pays for it.


7 posted on 08/10/2015 4:48:46 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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Oorts?


8 posted on 08/10/2015 4:50:22 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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the population consists of 1-2% asteroids

Don't ask don't tell.

9 posted on 08/10/2015 4:51:13 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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So is it moving through space with us, or waiting for us to pass through?


10 posted on 08/10/2015 5:01:54 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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"What is the Oort Cloud?"

It's the bubble of gas left behind by a FOort.

11 posted on 08/10/2015 5:02:33 PM PDT by shibumi ("Cover it with gas and set it on fire.")
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Oh gawd...


12 posted on 08/10/2015 5:09:41 PM PDT by Salamander (We're ALL Dixie, now.)
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You just won the internet.

We can all go home now.


13 posted on 08/10/2015 5:11:20 PM PDT by Salamander (We're ALL Dixie, now.)
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Bookmark


14 posted on 08/10/2015 5:13:13 PM PDT by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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To: BenLurkin

So..., exactly when did the world “cloud” get replaced by the word “butt”...?


15 posted on 08/10/2015 5:14:31 PM PDT by freebilly
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When did the word “cloud”....

I hate not being able to edit out errors after posting....


16 posted on 08/10/2015 5:16:01 PM PDT by freebilly
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To: freebilly

“Cloud”


17 posted on 08/10/2015 5:16:26 PM PDT by freebilly
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If I remember my astrophysics class, the oort cloud is not theoretical.


18 posted on 08/10/2015 5:18:27 PM PDT by Fhios (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion. -- Bobby Jindal)
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C-L-O-U-D....


19 posted on 08/10/2015 5:19:00 PM PDT by freebilly
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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".

20 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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