Oort cloud

See also: Oort Cloud

English

Etymology

A cloud-like structure, named after Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who proposed it.

Proper noun

Alternative form of Oort Cloud (the Solar System's Oort cloud)

Noun

Oort cloud (plural Oort clouds)

(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

Oort Cloud (the Solar System's Oort cloud)

Coordinate terms

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