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Oort cloud
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Oort Cloud
English
Etymology
A cloud-like structure, named after Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who proposed it.
Proper noun
1
en Oort Cloud the Solar System's Oort cloud.
Noun
en astronomy A roughly spherical region of space composed of comet-like bodies and other minor planets and asteroids that orbit distantly in a planetary system.
Hyponyms
en Oort Cloud the Solar System's Oort cloud
Coordinate terms
en Kuiper disc
en Kuiper belt
en asteroid belt
en eponyms