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The 17 pages that link to Oort cloud, each with the reason it gives.

• CometRelated: Long-period comets are thought to originate in this remote population.

• Orbital eccentricityRelated: Passing stars and Galactic tides can alter comet eccentricities and send bodies toward the Sun.

• Kuiper beltCompared with: It lies far beyond the Kuiper belt and supplies many long-period comets.

• Solar SystemBroader topic: Its existence is inferred chiefly from the paths of long-period comets, not direct observations.

• Nice modelRelated: Scattering by the giant planets can help populate this reservoir with cometary bodies.

• Trans-Neptunian objectNarrower topic: It may connect the most distant trans-Neptunian populations to long-period comets.

• Jupiter-family cometCompared with: Its long-period comets provide a contrasting source population to the usual Centaur pathway.

• Comet nucleusRelated: Long-period comet nuclei are thought to be dislodged from this reservoir.

• Interstellar objectCompared with: Long-period comets from this cloud can resemble interstellar visitors but remain Solar System members.

• Galactic tideBroader topic: Galactic tides can change the orbits of its comets and send some toward the inner Solar System.

• Long-period cometRelated: Gravitational disturbances can send its bodies inward as long-period comets.

• Jan OortBroader topic: Oort proposed it as the source of long-period comets.

• Scattered discBroader topic: Further scattering can send scattered-disc objects toward the region associated with long-period comets.

• Comet Hale–BoppRelated: Hale–Bopp’s long-period orbit links it to the distant population from which many comets arrive.

• Comet HyakutakeRelated: Long-period comets such as Hyakutake are thought to originate in this remote population.

• Hills cloudNarrower topic: The Hills cloud is proposed as its denser, more Sunward inner component.

• SednoidRelated: Sednoids may occupy a transition between the known trans-Neptunian region and this reservoir.