Quick Read
The Oort Cloud is thought to lie far beyond the planets.
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The Oort Cloud has never been photographed as a complete structure. This image is an artist's impression of the concept.
In Depth
Its size and shape are strongly model-dependent; the displayed extent is only a provisional visualization value.
Scale measurement
3.171 ly · boundary
Quick facts
- Category: hypothesized icy-body region
- Boundary: model-dependent
- Media: artist's impression
Related objects
- related-to: Solar System
- located-in: Milky Way