Timeline for Oort cloud shape
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| Oct 25, 2023 at 23:36 | comment | added | ProfRob | I think the reason for the spherical shape is reasonably well understood. | |
| Oct 25, 2023 at 23:36 | history | edited | ProfRob | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2018 at 15:19 | comment | added | Alchimista | Accepted because in spite of the premise made by its author, this A explains why a spherical ensemble of orbiting bodies does not necessarily tend to a thorus and finally a disk as for this requires interactions. This latter indeed is the case for a rotating ball of clay or for the asteroids belt. It also explain that indeed our knowledge of Oort belt is extrapolated from cometary obsvs. | |
| Feb 9, 2018 at 8:49 | vote | accept | Alchimista | ||
| Feb 9, 2018 at 1:13 | history | edited | userLTK | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2018 at 0:32 | history | answered | userLTK | CC BY-SA 3.0 |