OORT CLOUD


Meaning of OORT CLOUD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈȯrt- ]

noun

Etymology: Jan Oort died 1992 Dutch astronomer

Date: 1974

: a spherical shell of cometary bodies believed to surround the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto and from which some are dislodged when perturbed (as by a passing star) to fall toward the sun

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