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Old 11-19-2010, 10:43 AM   #4
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Now, do you know who Oort was?

His son complety changed our tax laws...
Really? This: http://www.uva-aias.net/uploaded_fil...tions/WP14.pdf

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I occasionally hypothesize these creatures called "Oortwhales", and sometimes cite them as a delicacy at the Lounge's legendary Party at my Chateau Pompette. I haven't got very far mentally with my hypothetical creatures, who live (pre-"delicacy") in the Oort Cloud, because the first thing I hit is their tail, and wonder what it pushes against. Still, it occupies my daydreamtime.

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I think there were a few SF books that incorporated this.

I'm actually researching this to find out more...

If the oort cloud IS mostly comets then it might help understand where our liquid water came from (and maybe the oortwhales too. ).
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