Definitions from Wiktionary (Oort cloud)
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: Alternative form of Oort Cloud (the Solar System's Oort cloud) [(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.]
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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: Alternative form of Oort Cloud (the Solar System's Oort cloud) [(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.]
Similar:
inner Oort Cloud,
outer Solar System,
Kuiper belt,
solar system,
comet,
osculating orbit,
interstellar comet,
Orion Arm,
near-Earth object,
Ocean of Storms,
more...
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Adjectives:
circumplanetary,
primary,
planetesimal,
circumstellar,
superior,
lich,
stellar,
early,
linear,
nebular,
extrasolar
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