Oort cloud

See also: Oort Cloud

English

Etymology

A cloud-like structure, named after Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who proposed it.

Proper noun

Oort cloud

1. Alternative form of Oort Cloud (the Solar System's Oort cloud)

Noun

Oort cloud (plural Oort clouds)

1. (astronomy) A roughly spherical region of space composed of comet-like bodies and other minor planets and asteroids that orbit distantly in a planetary system.

Hyponyms

• Oort Cloud (the Solar System's Oort cloud)

Coordinate terms

• Kuiper disc
• Kuiper belt
• asteroid belt