The Oort Cloud is believed to beGroup of answer choicesa flattened belt of cometary nuclei just beyond the orbit of Neptune.the circular disk of gas around the Sun's equator from which the planets formed.a spherical cloud of cometary nuclei far beyond the Kuiper Belt.the great nebula found just below the belt stars of Orion.a grouping of asteroids and meteoroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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The Oort Cloud is believed to beGroup of answer choicesa flattened belt of cometary nuclei just beyond the orbit of Neptune.the circular disk of gas around the Sun's equator from which the planets formed.a spherical cloud of cometary nuclei far beyond the Kuiper Belt.the great nebula found just below the belt stars of Orion.a grouping of asteroids and meteoroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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The Oort Cloud is believed to be a spherical cloud of cometary nuclei far beyond the Kuiper Belt.
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Question 3Which of the following is NOT required for the formation of a large nearly isotropic Oort cloud full of many small bodies, assuming the scenario that we discussed is the dominant mechanism? 1 pointA planet like Jupiter which is massive enough to scatter bodies out of the solar systemPassing stars which perturb the orbits of low perihelion, high semimajor axis objectsA smaller planet like Neptune to scatter icy bodies inward so they can be ejected by a more massive planet like JupiterA population of small bodies which is close enough to a planet to get scattered outwardMultiple stellar encounters to randomize the cometary orbits into an isotropic cloudAll of these are required
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