Small-body reservoir

Inner Oort Cloud

The inner, more tightly bound region of the Oort cloud, populated by detached objects such as Sedna.

Small-body reservoir≈ 2,000–20,000 AU

Overview

The dense inner region of the Oort cloud, whose existence is inferred from detached objects like Sedna whose orbits are too distant to be shaped by Neptune.

Knowledge connections

Part ofOort Cloud
Associated with90377 Sedna

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

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