What are some lesser known facts about the Oort Cloud?

The cloud itself stretches out almost a quarter of the way to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri. It is spherically shaped and consists of an outer cloud and a torus (doughnut-shaped) inner cloud. Facts about the Oort Cloud. Objects in the Oort Cloud are also referred to as Trans-Neptunian objects. This name also applies to objects in the Kuiper Belt. read more

10 Interesting Facts about the Oort Cloud August 18, 2017 Peter Christoforou Astronomy Lists, Solar System 0 Named after the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, but sometimes also known as the Öpik–Oort cloud, this hypothetical cloud of small, icy planetesimals is thought to surround the solar system out to a distance of more than 3 light years. read more