Originally posted by Jorge
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The others are 2000 CR105, 2006 SQ372, 2008 KV42 (for a bit about 2008 KV42 see HERE), 2010 GB174 and most recently 2012 VP113 (nicknamed "Biden" after the current Vice President).
Moreover, a radio broadcast from 2006 put out by the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) acknowledges that "what look like" Oort clouds have been seen around other stars (not quite 5½ minutes in). It is easier to spot things when the light source is between you and them. So why should other stars have Oort clouds but the idea that our solar system having one is utterly ridiculous?
Until recently YECs were mocking the concept of the Kuiper belt as an ad hoc fantasy but most have quietly ceased their scoffing -- which is probably wise considering that astronomers have cataloged over a thousand Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) since the first one was detected in 1992.
The fact is that being it is so far from the sun the Oort cloud is quite dark making the detection of objects belonging to it difficult. I mean detecting Kuiper belt objects has not been easy -- and everyone now agrees that they exist. But that still doesn't mean it is impossible to detect Oort cloud objects -- as I noted above seven likely ones have thus far been documented.
So why there still is no definitive evidence in support for a cometary reservoir such as the Oort cloud, what we do have is more than enough to warrant a better response than mere scoffing and personal incredulity.
Originally posted by Jorge
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