oort cloud

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  • March 1. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    Oort cloud noun english

    (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