English noun: Gerard Kuiper | |||
1. | Gerard Kuiper (person) 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) | ||
Synonyms | Gerard Peter Kuiper, Kuiper | ||
Instance hypernym | astronomer, stargazer, uranologist | ||