Oort (disambiguation)
Oort is a Dutch toponymic surname most commonly referring to the astronomer Jan Oort. Oort was one spelling of a Middle Dutch word for "edge" or "end", as in "the edge of town". Variant forms are Oord, Oordt and Ort, as well as Van Oort, Van den Oord etc. ("from (the) edge of town"). People with these surnames include: Oort Abraham H. Oort (born 1934), Dutch-American climatologist, son of Jan Oort Frans Oort (born 1935), Dutch mathematician André–Oort conjecture, a number theory conjecture by Yves André and Frans Oort (1836–1927), Dutch theologist and philologist Jan Oort (1900–1992), Dutch astronomer. Named after him: Oort cloud, a cloud of solid objects surrounding the solar system Oort constants, characterizing the rotational properties of the Milky Way Oort (crater), a crater on Pluto Oort limit, theoretical edge of the Oort cloud 1691 Oort (1956 RB), a main-belt asteroid Van Oort Adam van Oort (1561/62–1641), Flemish painter Bart van Oort (born 1959), Dutch classical pianist Eduard Daniel van Oort (1876–1933), Dutch ornithologist Jan van Oort (1921–2006), Dutch writer, working under the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu Johannes (Hans) van Oort (born 1949), Dutch patristic and gnostic scholar Hendrik van Oort (1775–1847), Dutch painter (1804–1834), Dutch painter