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An '''Oort cloud''' is a spherical cloud around a [[star]] or other celestial body, composed of tiny [[ice]] [[particle]]s, dust, and other debris, situated where the star's influences are counter-balanced by the aggregate of forces external to the star.
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An '''Oort cloud''', or '''cometary cloud''', is a spherical [[cloud]] around a [[star]] or other [[celestial object|celestial body]], composed of tiny [[ice]] [[particle]]s, [[space dust|dust]], and other [[debris]], situated where the star's [[gravity|influences]] are counterbalanced by the aggregate of forces external to the star.
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In [[2366]] the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} approached the outer cometary cloud of a [[star system|system]]. ({{TNG|Sins of The Father}})
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In [[2370]], to detect [[Maquis]] [[ship]]s coming into the system to launch a possible [[attack]] on the [[Cardassian]] [[Bryma Colony|colony]] on [[Bryma]], [[Chief]] [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] hid a [[dozen]] [[probe|sensor probes]] in the Oort cloud of the [[star system]], where the Maquis wouldn't be able to detect them. ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part II}})
   
In [[2370]], to detect [[Maquis]] [[ship]]s coming into the [[Bryma system]] to launch a possible attack on the [[Cardassian]] [[colony]] on [[Bryma]], [[Chief]] [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] hid a dozen [[probe|sensor probes]] in the Oort cloud of the [[star system]], where the Maquis wouldn't be able to detect them. ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part II}})
 
 
{{bginfo|The Oort cloud gets its name from Jan Hendrik Oort, a [[20th century]] [[Earth]] [[astronomer]] who first postulated its existence in [[1950]].}}
 
{{bginfo|The Oort cloud gets its name from Jan Hendrik Oort, a [[20th century]] [[Earth]] [[astronomer]] who first postulated its existence in [[1950]].}}
   
 
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 27 October 2022

An Oort cloud, or cometary cloud, is a spherical cloud around a star or other celestial body, composed of tiny ice particles, dust, and other debris, situated where the star's influences are counterbalanced by the aggregate of forces external to the star.

In 2366 the USS Enterprise-D approached the outer cometary cloud of a system. (TNG: "Sins of The Father")

In 2370, to detect Maquis ships coming into the system to launch a possible attack on the Cardassian colony on Bryma, Chief O'Brien hid a dozen sensor probes in the Oort cloud of the star system, where the Maquis wouldn't be able to detect them. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part II")

The Oort cloud gets its name from Jan Hendrik Oort, a 20th century Earth astronomer who first postulated its existence in 1950.

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