Models by Julio Ángel Fernández suggest that the scattered disc, which is the main source for periodic comets in the Solar System, might also be the primary source for Oort cloud objects.
Os modelos presentados en 2004 por Julio Ángel Fernández suxiren que o disco disperso, a principal fonte de cometas periódicos no Sistema Solar, podería ser tamén a fonte principal dos obxectos da Nube de Oort.