Oort

Examples

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• Even in the depths of the Oort, space is mostly very empty.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Short-period comets are believed to be comets from the Oort Cloud that were captured by the larger outer planets, such as Jupiter.

  Academic text (1996)

• And remember we have the Oort cloud around our solar system.

• Moving beyond the Oort Cloud consumed another four hundred days.

  Fiction book (2001)

• If something has disturbed the Oort cloud, then things could get very interesting.

  Blog text (22)

• There are a trillion objects in the Oort cloud.

  Fiction book (2002)

• In the outer solar system, the Oort cloud of comets is thought to be isotropic.

  Academic text (1996)

• The most famous reservoir is the Oort cloud, from which long-period comets visit the solar system.

• Scientists quickly realized that ISON would be the first known Oort cloud object to pass near the sun.

• Even in the depths of the Oort cloud, space is mostly very empty.

Synonyms

J

Jan Hendrix Oort

vsOort

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A Dutch astronomer who proved the Milky Way rotates and suggested a cloud of comets around the Sun

uses the more common given name spelling while preserving identical facts

Compounds

O

Oort cloud

• Specialized

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A distant shell around the solar system filled with small icy objects that send comets toward the Sun

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Etymology