Results for « Oort cloud » (eng)
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Oort cloud      [in astronomy] a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun

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