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Kuiper belt & Oort cloud ?
Steffen
post Mar 25 2006, 05:25 PM
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Another newbie question:
What's exactly the difference between the Kuiper belt & the Oort cloud ?
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djellison
post Apr 4 2006, 02:06 PM
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The density of matter within things such as the Asteroid belt, Kuiper belt or Oort cloud is so very very low that you can't see the 'belt' or 'cloud' - only discreet members of it.

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- Steffen   Kuiper belt & Oort cloud ?   Mar 25 2006, 05:25 PM
- - centsworth_II   Another non-expert reply: The Kuiper belt is a ve...   Mar 25 2006, 05:56 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   A few more notes: (1) The Kuiper Belt is a damne...   Mar 25 2006, 10:30 PM
|- - Gsnorgathon   Bruce, from what I've read, Sedna is neither a...   Mar 26 2006, 05:58 PM
- - edstrick   <reposting something badly placed in an encelad...   Mar 27 2006, 08:20 AM
- - PhilCo126   Is there really a KUIPER-belt ? The 'hypoth...   Apr 4 2006, 01:35 PM
- - djellison   The density of matter within things such as the As...   Apr 4 2006, 02:06 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 4 2006, 03:06 PM) ...   Apr 4 2006, 02:13 PM
- - djellison   Actually, as I clicked post I thought "oops -...   Apr 4 2006, 02:19 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 4 2006, 03:19 PM) ...   Apr 4 2006, 02:22 PM
- - PhilCo126   Gegenschein... That must be an amazing sight ? It...   Apr 4 2006, 02:26 PM

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