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Noun: Oort
  1. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
    - Jan Oort, Jan Hendrix Oort

Type of: astronomer, stargazer, uranologist

Encyclopedia: Oort, Jan Hendrik

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