What do astronomers believe the origin of the oort cloud to be? A.The Oort cloud is the equivalent of halo stars in the galaxy: the objects in the Oort cloud consist of planetessimals that formed from small parts of the collapsing cloud B.The Oort cloud consists of comets that were thrown out by nearby stellar system and that were captured by the gravity of our Sun C.The Oort cloud consists of Kuiper belt objects that were tossed about by Jupiter D.The Oort cloud consists of asteroids that were tossed about by Jupiter E.The Oort cloud is the remnant of a giant planet that formed in the outer regions of the solar system, but that was torn apart Solution The oort cloud is almost spherical and thought to be the origin of long period comets in the space. Thus, option (B) is correct. .

1. What do astronomers believe the origin of the oort cloud to be?
A.The Oort cloud is the equivalent of halo stars in the galaxy: the objects in the Oort cloud
consist of planetessimals that formed from small parts of the collapsing cloud
B.The Oort cloud consists of comets that were thrown out by nearby stellar system and that were
captured by the gravity of our Sun
C.The Oort cloud consists of Kuiper belt objects that were tossed about by Jupiter
D.The Oort cloud consists of asteroids that were tossed about by Jupiter
E.The Oort cloud is the remnant of a giant planet that formed in the outer regions of the solar
system, but that was torn apart
Solution
The oort cloud is almost spherical and thought to be the origin of long period comets in the
space.
Thus, option (B) is correct.