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Outer Solar System Features
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Kuiper Belt : Neptune's Influence :: Oort Cloud : ?

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Gravitational Interactions

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Solar Wind Effects

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Planetary Formation

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Asteroid Belt Characteristics

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Answer

The Kuiper Belt is a region of icy bodies that is kept in its current shape mainly by the gravitational pull of Neptune, which nudges and shepherds the objects. Similarly, the Oort Cloud is a distant sphere of comets that is largely held together and shaped by the Sun’s gravity, which keeps the comets bound to the Solar System. In both cases the outer structure is controlled by a single, massive body. For example, just as Neptune’s orbit sets the Kuiper Belt’s edge, the Sun’s gravity keeps the Oort Cloud’s comets from drifting away. Thus the analogous pair is “Oort Cloud : Sun.

Detailed Explanation

Gravitational pull from nearby stars and the Milky Way pulls on comets, shaping their orbits in the Oort Cloud. Other options are incorrect because Solar wind is a stream of charged particles from the Sun that mainly affects planets inside the heliosphere; Planetary formation is the process that built planets early in the Solar System.

Key Concepts

Kuiper Belt Dynamics
Oort Cloud Dynamics
Gravitational Interactions
Topic

Outer Solar System Features

Difficulty

medium level question

Cognitive Level

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