Oort Cloud

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The Oort Cloud is a cloud of objects about 50 000 AU away from the central sun of the Sol system, which harbors long-period comets, water ice, ammonia ice and methane ice. The boundary of the Oort Cloud is also the boundary of Sol's gravitational pull. The cloud is two light years across.

Objects

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