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Oort Cloud
Also known as the Öpik-Oort cloud, the Oort cloud is a theoretical concept that a cloud of icy planetesimals surround the sun. The two distinct Oort cloud regions are the disc-shaped inner cloud and the spherical outer cloud. The Oort cloud was named in the 1950s by the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort.
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