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Gerard Peter Kuiper

DEFINITIONS OF: Gerard Peter Kuiper

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n 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
Example of:
astronomer, stargazer, uranologist
a physicist who studies astronomy
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