Jan Hendrik Oort (1900-1992)
- Subject Fields
- Astronomy
- Born
- Franeker, The Netherlands (Friesland)
- Famous for
- His theory of differential galactic rotation; " Oort Constants" and the "Oort Cloud" of comets in the Solar System.
- Researcher in Leiden
- 1924-1992
- Today in Leiden
- Oort building
- Oort scholarship
