English noun: Kuiper | |||
1. | 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 Kuiper, Gerard Peter Kuiper | ||
Instance hypernym | astronomer, stargazer, uranologist | ||