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Chapter 10, Figure 11
Figure
10.11
Schematic
drawing of the Oort cloud, a swarm of icy comet nuclei orbiting the Sun at
40,000 to 100,000 AU. Also shown is the Kuiper Belt, another source of comet
nuclei. The Kuiper belt probably extends only to about 1,000 AU. The scale
is exaggerated for clarity.
