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Distance to the Oort Cloud

Distance to the Oort Cloud (748 billion km)

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Distance to the Oort Cloud (748 billion km)

  • is 1/4000 of Distance to Canopus (second brightest star in the night sky) (2.94 quadrillion km)...more
  • is 5000 x Distance from the Earth to the Sun (149.6 million km)...more
  • is 5000 x An AU (astronomical unit) (149.6 million km)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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