Oort Cloud
see also: Oort cloud
Proper noun
Oort cloud
Proper noun
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see also: Oort cloud
Proper noun
- (astronomy) A roughly spherical region of space from 50,000 to 100,000 astronomical units (approximately 1 light year) from the sun; supposedly the source of most comets around the Solar System.
- Öpik-Oort Cloud
- French: nuage de Oort
- German: Oortsche Wolke
- Italian: nube di Oort
- Portuguese: nuvem de Oort
- Russian: о́блако О́орта
- Spanish: nube de Oort
Oort cloud
Proper noun
- Alternative form of Oort Cloud
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 planetary systems
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