NASA NTRS · 19910013665
The Oort cloud
Abstract
Views of the large-scale structure of the solar system, consisting of the Sun, the nine planets and their satellites, changed when Oort demonstrated that a gigantic cloud of comets (the Oort cloud) is located on the periphery of the solar system. The following subject areas are covered: (1) the Oort cloud's mass; (2) Hill's cloud mass; (3) angular momentum distribution in the solar system; and (4) the cometary cloud around other stars.
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Marochnik, Leonid S., Mukhin, Lev M., Sagdeev, Roald Z.. 1991-01-01. The Oort cloud. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19910013665
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