Question

Earth orbits 1 AU from the Sun, and the Oort cloud extends from about 10,000 to 100,000 AU from the Sun. If you represent Earth’s orbit around the Sun with a paper plate 4 inches in radius, how far away will the inner edge of the Oort Cloud be? The outer edge? Express your answers in miles.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Earth’s orbit around the Sun represented as :

1 AU = 4 inches

Therefore,

Inner edge of the Oort Cloud represented as :

10,000 AU = 40,000 / 63360 = 0.631 miles

Outer edge of the Oort Cloud represented as:

100,000 AU = 400,000 / 63360 = 6.31 miles