Oort Cloud

Linear-scale view of a theoretical comet reservoir: a sparse spherical outer cloud surrounding a warped two-arm inner Oort structure.

Outer Oort Cloud: sparse spherical halo, about 20,000-100,000 AU.
Inner Oort structure: theoretical broad warped two-arm disk from recent simulations.
Linear zoom: same AU scale, animated about 3333x in 10 seconds.
Comet orbit paths: three long-period comets with aphelions of ~35k, ~52k, and ~70k AU.
Sample 0
Outer edge ~100k AU
Scale linear
Inner span ~15k AU
planetary solar system < 1 px at this scale
planetary solar system < 1 px at this scale