杰拉德·柯伊伯
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杰拉德‧彼得‧柯伊伯(1905年12月7日-1973年12月23日)是一個荷裔美籍的天文學家, 出生教育都在荷蘭, 他在1933年來到美國,他在1937年成為美國公民。
柯伊伯 發現了兩個 天然衛星s of 行星s in the 太陽系, namely Uranus's moon Miranda and Neptune's moon Nereid. In addition, he discovered the existence of a methane-laced atmosphere above Saturn's moon Titan in 1944. He also suggested the existence of a belt outside Neptune's orbit, now named the Kuiper belt, whose existence is confirmed (see Trans-Neptunian objects). Kuiper also pioneered airborne infrared observing using a Convair 990 aircraft in the 1960s.
In 1959, Kuiper won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society.
In the 1960s, Kuiper helped identify landing sites on the moon for the Apollo program.
Asteroid 1776 Kuiper and craters on the Moon, on Mars and on Mercury are named after him.
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- Gerard Peter Kuiper: NASA KAO's NamesakeTemplate:Astronomer-stub
