Gerard Peter Kuiper (/ˈkaɪpər/ KY-pər; born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper, Dutch: [ˈɣɛrɪt ˈpitər ˈkœypər]; 7 December 1905 – 23 December 1973) was a Dutch-American...

may have originated in the region. The Kuiper belt is named in honor of the Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who conjectured the existence of the belt...

The Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) was a national facility operated by NASA to support research in infrared astronomy. The observation platform...

moon of Neptune to be discovered, by Gerard Kuiper in 1949. Nereid was discovered on 1 May 1949 by Gerard P. Kuiper using photographic plates taken with...

discovered in 1851 by William Lassell (Ariel and Umbriel) and in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper (Miranda). These five may be in hydrostatic equilibrium. The remaining...

overcontact binary. The term "contact binary" was introduced by astronomer Gerard Kuiper in 1941. Almost all known contact binary systems are eclipsing binaries;...

studies, he used the summer months to work with planetary scientist Gerard Kuiper, who was his dissertation director, as well as physicist George Gamow...

named after the Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper: Kuiper (lunar crater), located in the Mare Cognitum Kuiper (Martian crater), an impact crater in...

some minor wear. It was named after Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper in 1976. Kuiper was the Project Scientist for the Ranger program. This crater...

Gerard Kuiper (1905–1973), Dutch-American astronomer after whom the Kuiper belt was named Glen Kuiper (born 1963) American broadcaster Hennie Kuiper (born...