"Oort Cloud" meaning in English

See Oort Cloud in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɔːrt klaʊd/ Forms: Oort cloud [alternative]
Etymology: Named after Dutch astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Oort Cloud}} Oort Cloud
  1. (astronomy) The Solar System's Oort cloud, extending 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. Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: Öpik-Oort Cloud Translations (cloud of comets in the Solar System): Oortwolk (Afrikaans), سَحَابَة أُورْط (saḥābat ʔūrṭ) [feminine] (Arabic), 奧爾特雲 /奥尔特云 (Ào'ěrtè yún) (Chinese Mandarin), Oortwolk [feminine] (Dutch), Oortin pilvi (Finnish), nuage de Oort [masculine] (French), Nube de Oort [feminine] (Galician), Oortsche Wolke [feminine] (German), Oort-felhő (Hungarian), nube di Oort [feminine] (Italian), オールトの雲 (Ōruto-no kumo) (Japanese), 오르트 구름 (Oreuteu gureum) (Korean), ابر اورت (abr-e urt) (Persian), Obłok Oorta (Polish), nuvem de Oort (Portuguese), о́блако О́орта (óblako Óorta) [neuter] (Russian), nube de Oort [feminine] (Spanish), Oorts kometmoln (Swedish), Oort Bulutu (Turkish)

Alternative forms

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