inner Oort Cloud

noun

A doughnut-shaped region of the Oort cloud located 2,000 to 20,000 AU from the sun. It is home to many minor planets, notably sednoids.

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Meanings

nouninner Oort Cloud (plural inner Oort Clouds)

plural inner Oort Clouds

  1. astronomyA doughnut-shaped region of the Oort cloud located 2,000 to 20,000 AU from the sun. It is home to many minor planets, notably sednoids.
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