Oort Cloud

See also: Oort cloud

English

Etymology

Named after Dutch astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort.

Alternative forms

Oort cloud

Proper noun

Oort Cloud

(astronomy) A roughly spherical region of space 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

Arabic: سَحَابَة أُورْط‎ f (saḥābat ʾūrṭ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧爾特雲 (zh), 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)
Portuguese: nuvem de Oort
Russian: о́блако О́орта (ru) n (óblako Óorta)
Spanish: nube de Oort f
Swedish: Oorts kometmoln (sv)

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