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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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To: BenLurkin

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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To: BenLurkin

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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To: BenLurkin
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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To: BenLurkin
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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To: BenLurkin
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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To: BenLurkin

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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To: BenLurkin

Oorts?


8 posted on 08/10/2015 4:50:22 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: BenLurkin
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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To: BenLurkin

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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To: BenLurkin; knarf; cripplecreek; Salamander
"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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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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To: BenLurkin

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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To: BenLurkin

In plain English, this region is full of space crap.


21 posted on 08/10/2015 5:27:15 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like something lurking over Minnesooooooooota.


22 posted on 08/10/2015 5:28:05 PM PDT by MisterArtery
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My favorite thing about the Oort cloud is that it has nothing to do with Trump or Kelly.
That is ultra fantastically coool!!!


23 posted on 08/10/2015 5:33:00 PM PDT by right way right (Disclaimer: Not a prophet but I have a pretty good record.)
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To: BenLurkin

why is this important to anyone except space explorers??


25 posted on 08/10/2015 6:44:06 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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