2014 Event A second dwarf planet is discovered between the Oort cloud and the Kuiper belt, an area previously considered a no-man's land; the planet, 2012 VP-113, measures about 280 miles across; the first, Sedna, about 600 miles across, was discovered in 2003 1992 Death Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92 1900 Birthday Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer, hypothesized "Oort Cloud" 1876 Birthday Eduard van Oort, zoologist, Ornithology of Netherlands 1836 Birthday Henricus Oort, Dutch theologist, Leidse translation
