Oort Cloud

See also: Oort cloud

English

Alternative forms

• Oort cloud

Etymology

Named after Dutch astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːrt klaʊd/
• Hyphenation: Oort Cloud

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

• Öpik-Oort Cloud

Translations

cloud of comets in the Solar System

• Afrikaans: Oortwolk
• Arabic: سَحَابَة أُورْط f (saḥābat ʔūrṭ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧爾特雲／奥尔特云 (zh) (Ào'ěrtè yún)

• Dutch: Oortwolk f
• Finnish: Oortin pilvi (fi)
• French: nuage de Oort m
• Galician: Nube de Oort (gl) f
• German: Oortsche Wolke f
• Hungarian: Oort-felhő (hu)
• Italian: nube di Oort f
• Japanese: オールトの雲 (Ōruto-no kumo)
• Korean: 오르트 구름 (Oreuteu gureum)
• Persian: ابر اورت (abr-e urt)
• Polish: Obłok Oorta (pl)
• Portuguese: nuvem de Oort
• Russian: о́блако О́орта (ru) n (óblako Óorta)
• Spanish: nube de Oort f
• Swedish: Oorts kometmoln (sv)
• Turkish: Oort Bulutu (tr)

Further reading

• Oort Cloud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia