Editing Oort cloud (section)

== Sedna and similar objects ==
{{main|Sedna (dwarf planet)}}
Several observed objects have been proposed as members of the inner Oort cloud.<ref name=Dones-2015>{{Cite journal |last1=Dones |first1=Luke |last2=Brasser |first2=Ramon |last3=Kaib |first3=Nathan |last4=Rickman |first4=Hans |date=December 2015 |title=Origin and Evolution of the Cometary Reservoirs |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11214-015-0223-2 |journal=Space Science Reviews |language=en |volume=197 |issue=1–4 |pages=191–269 |doi=10.1007/s11214-015-0223-2 |bibcode=2015SSRv..197..191D |issn=0038-6308}}</ref> Sedna, first reported in 2004, has a highly eccentric orbit with a perihelion distances of 76AU.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Michael E. |last2=Trujillo |first2=Chadwick |last3=Rabinowitz |first3=David |date=2004-12-10 |title=Discovery of a Candidate Inner Oort Cloud Planetoid |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/422095 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=617 |issue=1 |pages=645–649 |doi=10.1086/422095 |arxiv=astro-ph/0404456 |bibcode=2004ApJ...617..645B |issn=0004-637X}}</ref> [[2012 VP113]], observed in 2012, has a larger perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) but its aphelion is half of Sedna's.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Trujillo |first1=Chadwick A. |last2=Sheppard |first2=Scott S. |date=March 2014 |title=A Sedna-like body with a perihelion of 80 astronomical units |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13156 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=507 |issue=7493 |pages=471–474 |doi=10.1038/nature13156 |pmid=24670765 |bibcode=2014Natur.507..471T |issn=0028-0836}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Witze |first=Alexandra |date=2014-03-26 |title=Dwarf planet stretches Solar System's edge |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.14921 |journal=Nature |language=en |doi=10.1038/nature.2014.14921 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Other candidate objects<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Brasser |first1=R. |last2=Schwamb |first2=M. E. |date=2015-02-01 |title=Re-assessing the formation of the inner Oort cloud in an embedded star cluster – II. Probing the inner edge |url=http://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/446/4/3788/2892865/Reassessing-the-formation-of-the-inner-Oort-cloud |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |language=en |volume=446 |issue=4 |pages=3788–3796 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stu2374 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2015MNRAS.446.3788B |issn=1365-2966}}</ref> include [[2010 GB174]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chen|first1=Ying-Tung|last2=Kavelaars|first2=J. J.|last3=Gwyn|first3=Stephen|last4=Ferrarese|first4=Laura|last5=Côté|first5=Patrick|last6=Jordán|first6=Andrés|last7=Suc|first7=Vincent|last8=Cuillandre|first8=Jean-Charles|last9=Ip|first9=Wing-Huen|date=2013-09-01|title=Discovery of a New Member of the Inner Oort Cloud from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=775|issue=1 |pages=L8|doi=10.1088/2041-8205/775/1/L8|arxiv=1308.6041 |bibcode=2013ApJ...775L...8C |issn=0004-637X|doi-access=free}}</ref> and [[474640 Alicanto]] (originally 2004 VN<sub>112</sub>).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Becker |first1=A. C. |last2=Arraki |first2=K. |last3=Kaib |first3=N. A. |last4=Wood-Vasey |first4=W. M. |last5=Aguilera |first5=C. |last6=Blackman |first6=J. W. |last7=Blondin |first7=S. |last8=Challis |first8=P. |last9=Clocchiatti |first9=A. |last10=Covarrubias |first10=R. |last11=Damke |first11=G. |last12=Davis |first12=T. M. |last13=Filippenko |first13=A. V. |last14=Foley |first14=R. J. |last15=Garg |first15=A. |date=2008-07-20 |title=Exploring the Outer Solar System with the ESSENCE Supernova Survey |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/590429 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=682 |issue=1 |pages=L53–L56 |doi=10.1086/590429 |arxiv=0805.4608 |bibcode=2008ApJ...682L..53B |issn=0004-637X}}</ref>