Oort Cloud

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Oort Cloudsearch for term: A halo of debris left over from the formation of the Sun and planets that surrounds our Solar System. The Oort Cloud has a diameter of about 100,000 A.U. and contains some 100 billion fossils of Solar System formation. It is likely that comets originate from this cloud.