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Originally Posted by astroron
Would you care to offer a solution to the question I asked, what would you consider the extent of the Solar System?
I thought I did 
One light year, or to the edge of the Oort Cloud about one quarter the way to Proxima
Centuri.
My opinion is that anything under the gravitational influence of the Sun is in our Solar System.
PS
There is no sign post saying this is the end of the Solar system |
That sounds more than fair enough! The Oort could does seem to define the gravitational reaches of our system, I was interested to see if people find Pluto, The Hills Cloud, or the Oort could the limit. Personally I would agree with you. It is just that if the OP was asking where one light year in our solar system might be, that the complexities of the Oort could might be something that person has yet to discover, and be amazed by. As such, the reference may have been lost
Maybe a sign is a good idea because we cannot see those little dark comets all the way out there - maybe one of these?
http://images.wikia.com/hitchhikers/...erse_cover.jpg
Cheers.