Oort

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1. Oort - Noun

2. Oort - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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According to the models, about half of the objects scattered travel outward toward the Oort cloud, whereas a quarter are shifted inward to Jupiter's orbit, and a quarter are ejected on hyperbolic orbits. Source: Internet

According to these models, the number of collisions early in the Solar System's history was so great that most comets were destroyed before they reached the Oort cloud. Source: Internet

Although no confirmed direct observations of the Oort cloud have been made, it may be the source of all long-period and Halley-type comets entering the inner Solar System, and many of the centaurs and Jupiter -family comets as well. Source: Internet

Galactic tidal forces stretch the cloud along an axis directed toward the galactic centre and compress it along the other two axes; these small perturbations can shift orbits in the Oort cloud to bring objects close to the Sun. Source: Internet

Based on their orbits, most of the short-period comets may come from the scattered disc, but some may still have originated from the Oort cloud. Source: Internet

Davies p. 39 For an Oort cloud object to become a short-period comet, it would first have to be captured by the giant planets. Source: Internet

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