The Impossibility of the Oort Cloud

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Authors: Matt Webb
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Abstract

The Oort Cloud hypothesis proposes a spherical shell of icy bodies extending from 2,000 to 200,000 AU, containing trillions of objects serving as the reservoir for long-period comets. Despite seven decades of acceptance, no direct observational evidence supports its existence. This paper presents three independent arguments demonstrating the Oort Cloud's impossibility: (1) the observational asymmetry between the detectable Kuiper Belt and the undetectable Oort Cloud despite vastly superior detection capabilities for closer, brighter objects; (2) the trajectory problem wherein objects supposedly falling from gravitational binding show no signatures of that binding; and (3) the availability of a superior explanatory framework through Disentanglement of Phase Event (DOPE) ejecta mechanics within the Webb Mechanical Metric. The Oort Cloud functions not as a scientific hypothesis but as a placeholder to preserve models that cannot otherwise explain cometary origins.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Astro and Planetary Science Stellar planetary and galactic studies History and Developments in Astronomy

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
3 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint