The Oort cloud is the primary source of the long-period comets. We describe what is known about the population and mass of the Oort cloud, including the hypothetical inner Oort cloud; outline dynamical processes in the cloud; and summarize new simulations of the formation of the cloud.
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Portegies Zwart, Simon
Torres, Santiago
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Torres, Santiago
Cai, Maxwell X.
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Brown, Anthony G. A.
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