Oort comet cloud - Oort's comet cloud

Japanese: オールトのすい星の雲 - おーるとのすいせいのくも
Oort comet cloud - Oort's comet cloud

...Based on this, in 1950, he announced the idea that there is a nest of 100 billion comets located 10,000 to 100,000 astronomical units away from the sun. This is called the Oort comet cloud, and it is thought to be a part of the primordial solar nebula that existed when the solar system was formed. Some of these comets are disturbed by the gravitational force of stars that happen to pass outside the solar system and are thrown out of the solar system, while others are transferred to long-period orbits toward the center of the solar system. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Oort Comet Cloud" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それをもとに太陽からはるか1万~10万天文単位のところに,総数1000億個に及ぶすい星の巣があるという考えを1950年に発表した。これをオールトのすい星の雲といい,太陽系ができたときの原始太陽系星雲の一部が残っているのだと考えられる。その一部は太陽系の外をたまたま通過する恒星の引力によって乱されて太陽系の外にはじきとばされたり,あるものは太陽系の中心部に向かう長周期の軌道にのりうつる。…

※「オールトのすい星の雲」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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