Gerard Kuiper

Gerard Kuiper

Gerard Peter Kuiper ( /ˈkaɪpər/; ; born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper on December 7, 1905 in Tuitjenhorn (Harenkarspel), Netherlands; died December 24, 1973 in Mexico City) was a Dutch-American astronomer after whom the Kuiper belt was named.

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