OORT

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• OORT (noun)
  The noun OORT has 1 sense:

1. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)

  Familiarity information: OORT used as a noun is very rare.

• OORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jan Hendrix Oort; Oort

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

 Context examples 

These are the first direct measurements of the composition of dust from an Oort Cloud comet.

(Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere, NASA)

Much less is known about native ices in this group than in the long-haul comets from the Oort Cloud.

(NASA Telescope Studies Quirky Comet 45P, NASA)

Leftover debris remains in regions of our own solar system like the Kuiper Belt, beyond Neptune, or the Oort Cloud, far past Pluto.

(Comet Provides New Clues to Origins of Earth's Oceans, NASA)

The Oort Cloud, well beyond the outer-most planets that surround our sun, is a spherical region of icy objects believed to be material left over from the formation of the solar system.

(Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere, NASA)

The ratio of regular to heavy water was not linked to the origin of the comets - whether they were from the Oort Cloud or the Kuiper Belt.

(Comet Provides New Clues to Origins of Earth's Oceans, NASA)

Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring traveled from the most distant region of our solar system, called the Oort Cloud, and made a close approach around 2:27 p.m. EDT within about 87,000 miles (139,500 kilometers) of the Red Planet.

(Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere, NASA)