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noun • Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) | ||||||||
| 33% | 7 | Discovered the Oort cloud, a distant region containing billions of comets | ||||||
noun • Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) | ||||||||
| 32% | 9 | Source of long-period comets | ||||||
noun • (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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