The mass of an average comet's nucleus is about 1.0 x 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 x 10 comet nuclei, what is the mass of the cloud in units of Earth masses? (Note: Earth's mass is 5.97 x 1024 kg.) Me Compare that with Neptune's mass. (Note: Neptune's mass in units of Earth's mass is 17.1 Me:) mass of the Oort cloud mass of Neptune
The mass of an average comet's nucleus is about 1.0 x 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 x 10 comet nuclei, what is the mass of the cloud in units of Earth masses? (Note: Earth's mass is 5.97 x 1024 kg.) Me Compare that with Neptune's mass. (Note: Neptune's mass in units of Earth's mass is 17.1 Me:) mass of the Oort cloud mass of Neptune
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Transcribed Image Text:The mass of an average comet's nucleus is about 1.0 x 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 x 1011 comet nuclei, what is the mass of the cloud in units of Earth masses? (Note: Earth's mass is 5.97 x 1024 kg.)
Compare that with Neptune's mass. (Note: Neptune's mass in units of Earth's mass is 17.1 Ma:)
mass of the Oort cloud
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In the given problem, the Oort cloud contains a large number of comet nuclei. To get the mass of the cloud in the units of mass of the Earth, we have to calculate the mass of the cloud at first, then divide the mass with the mass of the earth. To get the cloud mass in terms of Neptune mass, we have to use the given relation.
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