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Gerard Peter Kuiper (/ ˈ k aɪ p ər / KY-pər; born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper, Dutch: [ˈɣɛrɪt ˈpitər ˈkœypər]; 7 December 1905 – 23 December 1973) was a Dutch-American astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor. The Kuiper belt is named after him. Kuiper is considered by many to be the father of modern ...
Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day ... Kuiper Gerard F1 Gerard P. Kuiper checking optical alignment of his instrument on the Convair 990 (Galileo ...
Discoveries by Gerard Kuiper (2 P) K. Kuiper belt objects (9 C, 13 P) Kuiper quadrangle (13 P) M. Miranda (moon) (5 P) Pages in category "Gerard Kuiper"
Gerard P. Kuiper, discoverer of Miranda. Miranda was discovered on 16 February 1948 by planetary astronomer Gerard Kuiper using the McDonald Observatory's 82-inch (2,080 mm) Otto Struve Telescope. [9] [12] Its motion around Uranus was confirmed on 1 March 1948. [9] It was the first satellite of Uranus discovered in nearly 100 years.
Gerard P. Kuiper, discoverer of Nereid. Nereid was discovered on 1 May 1949 by Gerard P. Kuiper using photographic plates taken with the 82-inch telescope at the McDonald Observatory. He proposed the name in the report of his discovery. It is named after the Nereids, sea-nymphs of Greek mythology and attendants of the god Neptune. [1]
LPL was founded in 1960 by astronomer Gerard Kuiper. Kuiper had long been a pioneer in observing the Solar System , especially the Moon , at a time when this was unfashionable among astronomers. Among his contributions are the discovery of Miranda and Nereid , the detection of carbon dioxide on Mars and of methane on Titan , and the prediction ...
Kuiper is a moderate-size crater with a central peak cluster located at on Mercury It is 62 kilometers in diameter and was named after Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper in 1976. [ 1 ] It is one of only 2 Mercurian craters which are named not after artists, [ 2 ] and one of very few cases when the same name is used for 3 craters (there are ...
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.