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Oort cloud
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A huge theoretical cloud of comets surrounding the Sun between about 50,000 and 100,000 astronomical units and thought to be the reservoir of long-period comets entering the inner solar system.
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http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#oort-cloud
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http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#solar-system

http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#long-period-comets
definition

A huge theoretical cloud of comets surrounding the Sun between about 50,000 and 100,000 astronomical units and thought to be the reservoir of long-period comets entering the inner solar system.
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http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1157
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Oort cloud
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