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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 ...
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]
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"
Miranda, also designated Uranus V, is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites.It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory in Texas, and named after Miranda from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. [9]
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Pages in category "Discoveries by Gerard Kuiper" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.
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 ...
David Kuiper (born 1980), Dutch rower; Duane Kuiper (born 1950), American baseball player; Edith Kuiper (born 1960), Dutch economist; F. B. J. Kuiper (1907–2003), Dutch Indologist; Gerard Kuiper (1905–1973), Dutch-American astronomer after whom the Kuiper belt was named; Glen Kuiper (born 1963) American broadcaster; Hennie Kuiper (born 1949 ...