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Crash Course Astronomy Season 1 Episode 22 The Oort Cloud 2015

Now that we’re done with the planets, asteroid belt, and comets, we’re heading to the outskirts of the solar system. Out past Neptune are vast reservoirs of icy bodies that can become comets if they get poked into the inner solar system. The Kuiper Belt is a donut shape aligned with the plane of the solar system; the scattered disk is more eccentric and is the source of short period comets; and the Oort Cloud which surrounds the solar system out to great distances is the source of long-period comets. These bodies all probably formed closer into the Sun, and got flung out to the solar system’s suburbs by gravitational interactions with the outer planets.

  • Released: 2015-06-25
  • Runtime: 12 minutes
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Stars: Phil Plait
  • Director: Phil Plait
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