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The mass of an average comet’s nucleus is about 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2 ×...

The mass of an average comet’s nucleus is about 10¹⁴ kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2 × 10¹² comet nuclei, what is the mass of the cloud in Earth masses? Compare that with Jupiter’s mass. (Hint: See Appendix Table A-10.)

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