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What characteristic of long period comets sugges they come from the Oort cloud?

April 26, 2017Astronomy Characteristic comets Mathematics oort period

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What characteristic of long period comets sugges they come from the Oort cloud?

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2 The Kuiper belt is mostly in the ecliptic plane. The Oort cloud is a cloud all around the solar system. So comets that have little inclination to the plane are assumed to be Kuiper belts objects and comets with some strange inclination are assumed to be Oort cloud objects.