The mass of an average comet's nucleus is about 1.0 x 1014kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 x 101 comet nuclei, what is the mass of the cloud inunits of Earth masses? (Note: Earth's mass is 5.97 x 1024 kg.)M.Compare that with Saturn's mass. (Note: Saturn's mass in units of Earth's mass is 95.2 M.)mass of the Oort cloudmass of Saturn

The problem is related to the total mass of an object when the mass of one of its constituents is known and contains a large number of particles. The total mass can be calculated by multiplying the mass of each particle by the total number of particles. The solution for the given question is

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