Gerard Peter Kuiper

Definitions of Gerard Peter Kuiper
  1. noun
    United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973)
    synonyms: Gerard Kuiper, Kuiper
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    astronomer, stargazer, uranologist
    a physicist who studies astronomy
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