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Before you carry on...

Adam Crowl — 7/13/2008 8:00:10 PM (archived)

Hi Jake

Actually read Oort's original paper and the more recent ones since 1950, and then come back. You'll find the reason Oort postulated it is based on the actual evidence from long period comet orbits - data that's hard to refute.

As for IRAS and similar missions trying to see the cometoids - in a word NO. There isn't enough resolution and the signal is too faint.

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Does the Oort Cloud actually exist? - Jacob - 7/13/2008 7:05:01 PM
- re: Does the Oort Cloud actually exist? - pb - 7/14/2008 9:06:52 AM
  - re: Does the Oort Cloud actually exist? - Marcia - 7/16/2008 4:31:58 AM
- Good question... - phil - 7/13/2008 10:15:12 PM
  - re: Good question... - Marcia - 7/14/2008 4:32:32 AM
- re: Does the Oort Cloud actually exist? - TB - 7/13/2008 10:02:38 PM
  - That's nice, but... - Jacob - 7/14/2008 2:06:34 AM
    - Crime Scene - nick hoffman - 7/14/2008 10:55:58 AM
    - re: That's nice, but... - Marcia - 7/14/2008 4:58:47 AM
- Before you carry on... - Adam Crowl - 7/13/2008 8:00:10 PM
  - Without direct visual evidence you have at best, a wishful hypothesis; at worst, a myth...A science myth; but a myth just the same.. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/13/2008 8:03:37 PM
    - Kuyper belt objects Oort cloud - Raoul - 7/13/2008 8:32:54 PM
      - I'll believe it when I see it. - Jacob - 7/14/2008 2:11:19 AM
        
        Then where do we get long period comets from??? - Adam Crowl - 7/14/2008 6:44:58 AM
        
        HZ members don't "believe" in Long Period Comets - E.P. - 7/14/2008 8:29:38 PM
        
        re: ---- Yes they do. - Look it up;1111 - Marcia - 7/16/2008 4:37:33 AM
        
        So much for cynicism - E.P. - 7/18/2008 6:56:22 PM
- Then you need to explain the comets with orbits... - alcaray - 7/13/2008 7:24:37 PM
  - The burdeon of proof falls on the those who love the Ooort Cloud theory. - Jacob - 7/13/2008 8:00:17 PM
    - not exactly, the burden is to Offer a BETTER theory - nick hoffman - 7/14/2008 10:33:08 AM
      - Nick's right - TB - 7/14/2008 3:45:25 PM
        
        re: Nick's right - Jacob - 7/15/2008 1:50:08 PM
        
        For the same reason they're indetectable around Sol... - Adam Crowl - 7/16/2008 6:40:19 AM
        
        Nice to have confidence in what may come, but that sounds like f-a-i-t-h.. - Jacob - 7/16/2008 5:00:03 PM
        
        I haven't seen macroevolution... - Adam Crowl - 7/19/2008 8:23:58 AM
        
        Jan Oort just called - Socrates II - 7/19/2008 3:59:32 AM
    - I directed your attention to evidence. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/13/2008 8:13:07 PM
      - Well, I tried to, anyway. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/13/2008 8:14:22 PM
        
        You're trying to indicate that the Oort Cloud theory explains a lot? - Jacob - 7/14/2008 2:21:04 AM
        
        It is not impossible that a better solution might somehow be found for the evidence at hand. - alcaray - 7/14/2008 2:41:09 AM
    - Sigh! ...I love the absence of an [edit] icon on this website. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/13/2008 8:07:19 PM
      - Does Jacob actually exist? - Socrates II - 7/15/2008 12:31:40 AM
        
        How can we determine if Jacob exists? - ARRELL - 7/15/2008 6:40:50 PM
        
        ROTFLMAO!! (n/t) - Jacob - 7/16/2008 4:56:38 PM
        
        The name is still popular. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 7/15/2008 1:36:36 PM

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