The Oort Cloud Is

question 54

Multiple Choice

The Oort cloud is

• A) a band of dust in the plane of the ecliptic,extending from the orbit of Mars beyond the orbit of Pluto.
• B) an approximate spherical distribution of comets centered on the Sun,extending out to about 50,000 AU.
• C) another name for the early solar nebula.
• D) a relatively flat distribution of comets in the plane of the ecliptic,extending from around the orbit of Pluto out to about 500 AU from the Sun.

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