KUIPER

Meaning of KUIPER in English

/kuy"peuhr/ , n.

Gerard Peter , 1905-73, U.S. astronomer, born in the Netherlands.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

KUIPER — Kuiper BrE AmE ˈkaɪp ə AmE \ - ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KUIPER BELT — or Edgeworth-Kuiper belt Disk-shaped belt of billions of small, icy bodies orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune , …
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KUIPER BELT — ˈkīpə(r)- noun Usage: usually capitalized K Etymology: after Gerard P. Kuiper died 1973 United States (Dutch-born) astronomer : a band …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KUIPER, GERARD PETER — born Dec. 7, 1905, Harenkarspel, Neth. died Dec. 23, 1973, Mexico City, Mexico original name Gerrit Pieter Kuiper Dutch-American astronomer …
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KUIPER BELT — or Edgeworth-Kuiper belt Disk-shaped belt of billions of small, icy bodies orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune , …
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SOLAR SYSTEM — The Sun , its asteroid , Centaur object , comet , Kuiper belt , meteorite , and Oort cloud ) …
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PLUTO — Ninth planet from the Sun. It was discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh (1906–97) and named after the Greek …
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PLANET X — Supposed distant planet of the solar system , hypothesized on the basis of calculations of effects on the orbits of …
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PLANET — I Any large body orbiting the Sun or another star (see planets of other stars ); comet s, asteroid s, …
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OORT CLOUD — Vast spherical cloud of small, icy bodies orbiting the Sun at distances ranging from about 0. 3 light-year to one …
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COMET — I Any of a class of small icy objects orbiting the Sun and developing diffuse gaseous envelopes and often long …
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CENTAUR OBJECT — Icy body, similar to an comet in composition, that orbits the Sun mainly between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune. …
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BELT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Appalachian orogenic belt belt drive Caledonian orogenic belt conveyor belt Corn Belt Cotton Belt …
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OORT CLOUD — ˈō(ə)rt-, ˈȯrt- noun Usage: usually capitalized O Etymology: after Jan Oort died 1992 Dutch astronomer : a spherical shell of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TELESCOPE — device used to form magnified images of distant objects. In the first telescopes, visible light was focused by refraction through …
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INFRARED ASTRONOMY — study of astronomical objects through observations of the infrared radiation that they emit. Various types of celestial objectsincluding the planets …
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NEREID — in Greek religion, any of the daughters (numbering 50 or 100) of the sea god Nereus (eldest son of Pontus, …
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MIRANDA — the beautiful and naive daughter of Prospero, the rightful duke of Milan, in Shakespeare's The Tempest. Growing up on a …
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MCDONALD OBSERVATORY — observatory founded in 1939 by the University of Texas, on the legacy of the Texas financier William J. McDonald, on …
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MAUNA KEA OBSERVATORY — astronomical observatory in Hawaii, U.S., that has become one of the most important in the world owing to its outstanding …
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SOLAR SYSTEM — The Sun , its planets , and the small bodies (see asteroid , Centaur object , comet , Kuiper belt …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PLANET — n. Any large body orbiting the Sun or another star (see planets of other stars ); comet s, asteroid s, …
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COMET — n. Any of a class of small icy objects orbiting the Sun and developing diffuse gaseous envelopes and often long …
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BELT — n. Appalachian orogenic belt belt drive Caledonian orogenic belt conveyor belt Corn Belt Cotton Belt Kuiper belt Edgeworth Kuiper belt
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PLUTO — n. Ninth planet from the Sun. It was discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh (190697) and named after the …
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PLANET — n. Supposed distant planet of the solar system , hypothesized on the basis of calculations of effects on the orbits …
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