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Could you provide any ideas/insight contrasting the Oort cloud and the Kuiper Belt?

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This solution describes the differences between the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=KBOs&Display=OverviewLong

Okay ... first off, one of the hardest times I've had wrapping my head around during my astronomy studies was the shear distances within space. Just thinking about how fast light moves through space, and then thinking about distances that have to be described in terms of how far light travels over periods of years is simply unimaginable to me. But I digress.

The Oort Cloud is a spherical shell that surrounds our ...

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