Jan Oort

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Dutch astronomer astronomer human

Jan Oort was a Dutch astronomer renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way and for proposing the existence of the distant cometary reservoir now known as the Oort cloud.

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Label Occurrences
Jan Oort canonical 11
Jan Hendrik Oort 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch astronomer ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in astronomy ⓘ
awardReceived Balzan Prize ⓘ
Bruce Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1900-04-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1992-11-05 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn ⓘ
educatedAt University of Groningen ⓘ
employer Leiden Observatory ⓘ
University of Leiden ⓘ
surface form: Leiden University
era 20th-century astronomy ⓘ
familyName Oort cloud ⓘ
surface form: Oort
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
fullName Jan Oort self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jan Hendrik Oort
givenName Jan ⓘ
Jan Hendrik ⓘ
hasAsteroidNamedAfter 1691 Oort ⓘ
hasLunarCraterNamedAfter Oort (lunar crater) ⓘ
influenced development of radio astronomy in the Netherlands ⓘ
knownFor Galactic rotation ⓘ
Oort cloud ⓘ
Oort constants ⓘ
dynamics of the Milky Way ⓘ
radio astronomy ⓘ
structure of the Milky Way ⓘ
languageSpoken Dutch ⓘ
memberOf Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: United States National Academy of Sciences
nationality Dutch ⓘ
notableStudent Hendrik C. van de Hulst ⓘ
Maarten Schmidt ⓘ
placeOfBirth Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands ⓘ
placeOfDeath Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Leiden, Netherlands
positionHeld director of Leiden Observatory ⓘ
professor of astronomy at Leiden University ⓘ
proposed Oort cloud ⓘ
surface form: Oort cloud hypothesis

existence of a distant cometary reservoir surrounding the Solar System ⓘ
researchFocus distribution of stars in the Milky Way ⓘ
interstellar matter ⓘ
kinematics of stars in the Galaxy ⓘ
workLocation Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Leiden, Netherlands

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Oort cloud → namedAfter → Jan Oort ⓘ
Oort cloud → proposedBy → Jan Oort ⓘ
Willem de Sitter → notableStudent → Jan Oort ⓘ
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Jan Oort ⓘ
Jan Oort → fullName → Jan Oort self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jan Hendrik Oort
Henry Draper Medal → notableRecipient → Jan Oort ⓘ
RAS Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Jan Oort ⓘ
Svein Rosseland → notableStudent → Jan Oort ⓘ
Ejnar Hertzsprung → notableStudent → Jan Oort ⓘ
Karl Schwarzschild Medal → notableRecipient → Jan Oort ⓘ
James Craig Watson Medal → notableRecipient → Jan Oort ⓘ
Leiden Observatory → hasResearcher → Jan Oort ⓘ