[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack [PAR] NAMED FOR AN ASTRONOMER, IT'S A HUGE "CLOUD" OF COMETS 
EXISTING AT THE EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, OORT CLOUD. IN 1992... [DOC] [TLE] Comets Teacher Page- Scientific Background - Amazing Space [PAR] Our entire solar system, including comets, formed from the collapse of a giant, 
diffuse ... When the cloud started its collapse, it was rotating very slowly. ... Within 
the last decade, for example, astronomers discovered leftover clumps, called ... 
belt at the edge of the solar system, called the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, named for 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Nice model - Wikipedia [PAR] The Nice model is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. It is 
named for the location of the Observatoire de la Cte d'Azur, where it was initially 
developed, in Nice, France. It proposes the migration of the giant planets from an 
initial compact ... Its success at reproducing many of the observed features of the 
Solar System... [DOC] [TLE] Planets beyond Neptune - Wikipedia [PAR] Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable 
speculation that ... There remained some slight discrepancies in the giant planets' 
orbits. ... On 17 November 1834, the British amateur astronomer the Reverend ..... 
that ALMA accidentally discovered a massive outer solar system object in its tiny,
... [DOC] [TLE] What is the Oort Cloud? - Universe Today [PAR] Mar 14, 2016 ... At the edge of the Solar System, there exists a large cloud of icy ... But from the 
many short and long-period comets that are believed to have come from there, 
astronomers ... Earlier estimates placed its mass up to 380 Earth masses, but ... 
by the gravity of a gas giant and sent into the inner Solar System. [DOC] [TLE] HubbleSite - Reference Desk - FAQs - Hubble Space Telescope [PAR] The planets, asteroids and comets in the solar system are loose objects left over 
from ... Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the rocky cores were massive 
enough to ... One astronomical unit equals the distance from Earth to the Sun: 93 
million .... of its time way out in the Oort Cloud at the farthest edge of our solar 
system. [DOC] [TLE] Cosmic climate change: Is the cause of all this extreme weather to ... [PAR] Sep 6, 2015 ... Ferrada referred to Nibiru/Planet X as a "Comet-Planet" because it has the size ... 
The sun in our solar system is similar to 90% of the solar systems in the ... 
scientist named Ray T. Reynolds went on record proclaiming, "Astronomers ... It's 
believed that the impact of such giant objects crashing into the earth... [DOC] [TLE] Solar System - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] All the planets except Earth are named after gods and goddesses from ... than 90 
percent of the system's remaining mass (the postulated Oort cloud, should its 
existence ... The planets lie very close to the ecliptic, while comets and Kuiper 
belt .... The Sun is the solar system's parent star, and far and away its chief 
component. [DOC] [TLE] The Niburu Planet X System and Its Potential Impacts on Our Solar ... [PAR] Sep 6, 2015 ... It's believed that the impact of such giant objects crashing into the earth will ... 
NASA's infrared astronomical telescope found the mysterious planet possibly as 
... With the Planet X system entering our solar system, its gravitational force is ... 
volley of comets from the Oort Cloud into our inner solar system. [DOC] [TLE] Kuiper Belt - Serious Science [PAR] Aug 9, 2016 ... Astronomer David Jewitt on his discovery of the first Kuiper Belt object, ... in the 
Solar system beyond Neptune, with an outer edge which is indistinct and 
undefined. ... Kuiper was wrong about Pluto (it's not massive, containing only ... 
the inner Solar system was full of junk: asteroids, comets, other planets. [DOC] [TLE] The Kuiper Belt  University of Leicester [PAR] The name, Quaoar, (phonetic: kwa-whar) was bestowed upon it by its discoverers 
in honour of a North ... The Oort

Question: Named for an astronomer, it's a huge "cloud" of comets existing at the edge of the solar system
Answer: the Oort Cloud