NOUN | person | Oort, Jan Hendrix Oort | Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) |
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Meaning | Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992). | |
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Synonym | Jan Hendrix Oort | |
Instance of | astronomer, uranologist, stargazer | A physicist who studies astronomy |
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