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Kuiper belt
Region of icy bodies, Pluto.
Gerard Kuiper
Astronomer; identified Kuiper Belt objects.
Kuiper belt object
Icy bodies orbiting beyond Neptune.
kuiper belts
edgeworth kuiper belt
Distant ring of icy bodies.
gerard peter kuiper
Astronomer known for planetary studies.
Classical Kuiper belt object
A classical Kuiper belt object, also called a cubewano ("QB1-o"), is a low-eccentricity Kuiper belt object that orbits beyond Neptune and is not controlled by an orbital resonance with Neptune.
Kuiper Airborne Observatory
The Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory was a national facility operated by NASA to support research in infrared astronomy.
Kuiper cliff
(astronomy) The 1:2 resonance, beyond which few objects are known; it may be the outer edge of the classical Kuiper belt or just the beginning of a broad gap.
Kuiper Systems
Kuiper Systems LLC, also known as Project Kuiper, is a subsidiary of Amazon that was established in 2019 to deploy a large satellite internet constellation to provide low-latency broadband connectivity.
Duane Kuiper
Duane Eugene Kuiper (born June 19, 1950), nicknamed "Kuip", is an American sportscaster and former professional baseball player.
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