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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gerard_KuiperGerard Kuiper - Wikipedia

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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. He is the eponymous namesake of the Kuiper belt.

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3. science.nasa.gov › people › gerard-kuiperGerard Kuiper (1905 - 1973) - NASA Science

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   Gerard Kuiper (1905 - 1973) is regarded by many as the father of modern planetary science. He is well known for his many discoveries, including: 1947: He correctly predicted carbon dioxide is a major component of the atmosphere of Mars.

4. www.britannica.com › biography › Gerard-Peter-KuiperGerard Peter Kuiper | Astronomer, Planetary Scientist ...

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   Gerard Peter Kuiper (born Dec. 7, 1905, Harenkarspel, Neth.—died Dec. 23, 1973, Mexico City, Mexico) was a Dutch-American astronomer known especially for his discoveries and theories concerning the solar system.

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6. www.lpl.arizona.edu › about › memoriamGerard P. Kuiper | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory ...

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   Aug 30, 2023 · Gerard P. Kuiper (1905-1973) is considered by many as the father of modern planetary science. Kuiper was born in The Netherlands. He entered Leiden University in 1924 and received his Bachelor of Science in 1927 and a Ph.D. in Astronomy in 1933.

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   Nov 12, 2015 · Gerard Kuiper, founder of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Credit: lpl.arizona.edu. November 11, 2015 by Matt Williams. Who was Gerard Kuiper? In the outer reaches of the Solar...

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   Dive into the stellar legacy of Gerard Kuiper, the pioneering planetary scientist who discovered the Kuiper Belt and two celestial moons. His profound resear...

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   Who was Gerard Kuiper?

   • Gerard Kuiper, the astronomer for whom the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune is named, died on Dec. 23, 1973. Gerard Kuiper (1905 - 1973) is regarded by many as the father of modern planetary science. He is well known for his many discoveries, including: 1947: He correctly predicted carbon dioxide is a major component of the atmosphere of Mars.

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   Why is Gerard Kuiper regarded as the father of planetary science?

   • This disc, he reasoned, was the source of the Solar Systems many comets, and the reason there were no large planets beyond Neptune. Gerard Kuiper is also regarded by many as being the “father of planetary science”.

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   What did Gerard Kuiper discover?

   • At the same time, he helped catalog asteroids, surveyed the Moon, Mars and the outer Solar System, and discovered new moons. Gerard Kuiper, nee Gerrit Kuiper, was born on December 7th, 1905, in the village of Harenkarspel in northern Holland.

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   What did Gerard Kuiper study?

   • Kuiper used it extensively to make spectroscopic studies of the Sun, the stars, and the Solar planets. Gerard Kuiper in 1964, Credit: Dutch National Archives, The Hague. Kuiper spent most of his career at the University of Chicago, but moved to Tucson, Arizona, in 1960 to found the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona.

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10. pluto.jhuapl.edu › Arrokoth › About-Gerard-KuiperNew Horizons : About Gerard Kuiper

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    Here we look at the life and work of astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper (originally Gerrit Pieter Kuiper) and see how his name came to be used to denote a distant region populated by a vast number of planetary bodies and termed the "third zone" of the solar system.