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IPA transcription: ['kupɚ]
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Noun
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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)
Usage examples
- Were Kuiper's hypothesis correct, there would not be a Kuiper belt today.
- Kuiper is considered by many to be the father of modern planetary science.
- The Kuiper Belt lies beyond the solar system.
- It will also study other objects in the Kuiper belt.
- Among his graduate students at Leiden was Gerard Kuiper.
- It is located near the Kuiper cliff.