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GERARD PETER KUIPER
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• GERARD PETER KUIPER (noun)
The noun GERARD PETER KUIPER has 1 sense:
1. 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)
Familiarity information: GERARD PETER KUIPER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gerard Kuiper; Gerard Peter Kuiper; Kuiper
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
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