Oort

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Jan Hendrix Oort (noun)
1. 1900-1992 dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud
Oort cloud (noun)
1. as by other stars astronomy a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun
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type genus of the Megalosauridae

Oort cloud