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The Oort Cloud
This immense cloud surrounding our entire Solar System 30 trillion miles away from the Sun. See also Astronomy.
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It's even funnier to know that there is a family name like Oort! This cloud was named after Dutch Astronomer Jan Oort who postulated it's existance in 1950... Yes, this where comets come from and No, it's not the sound you make before blasting out a big one on the john.
Jeff on March 2, 2008
Sounds like a Scottish fart. "OOORT Smell that lad!"
bobjackass on January 1, 2009
Apparently, Voyager 1 is supposed to get there in about 300 years.
Yeetaleetthesecond on January 10, 2022