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by Pxtl 4581 days ago
The Oort cloud/Kuiper-belt area goes way further than Pluto, but the comets that have orbits from out there into the solar system are too long-period to get fancey names like Halley's. Think about it - Halley's comet comes by every 76 years. That's insanely short for a Kuiperoid.