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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.
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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
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Feb 9, 2018 at 0:32 history answered userLTK CC BY-SA 3.0