Answer:
planes, whereas the Oort cloud of comets has a spherical distribution.
Explanation:
A planet can be defined as a large celestial body having sufficient mass to allow for self-gravity and make it assume a nearly circular shape (hydrostatic equilibrium), revolves in an orbit around the Sun in the solar system and has a cleared neighborhood.
Basically, the planets are divided into two (2) main categories and these includes;
I. Outer planets: these planets are beyond the asteroid belt and comprises of jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune, from left to right of the solar system.
II. Inner planets: these planets are the closest to the sun and comprises of mercury, venus, earth and mars.
These outer planets are made mostly of gases (hydrogen and helium) causing them to be less dense than the solid inner planets. These gases are generally known to be less dense in terms of physical properties.
Oort cloud is also referred to as Opik and it typically comprises of icy pieces of planetesimals (space debris) that spherically surrounds the sun at distances ranging from about 3000 to 100,000 AU.
Hence, the planets and the asteroid belt orbit the Sun in planes, whereas the Oort cloud of comets has a spherical distribution.
