Gerard P. Kuiper

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Dutch-American human planetary scientist

Gerard P. Kuiper was a Dutch-American astronomer and planetary scientist regarded as a founding figure of modern planetary astronomy, with the Kuiper Belt named in his honor.

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Gerard Kuiper	2
Gerard Kuiper (disputed/uncertain)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch-American ⓘ human ⓘ planetary scientist ⓘ
academicAdvisor	Ejnar Hertzsprung NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Bruce Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Norris Russell Lectureship NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Netherlands ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1905-12-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1973-12-23 ⓘ
discovered	Neptune moon Nereid NERFINISHED ⓘ Uranus moon Miranda NERFINISHED ⓘ carbon dioxide in Mars atmosphere ⓘ methane in Titan atmosphere ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Lick Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ Yerkes Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Kuiper NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ planetary science ⓘ spheric astronomy ⓘ
founded	Lunar and Planetary Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Gerard Peter Kuiper NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Gerard NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEponym	Kuiper Airborne Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuiper Prize of the Division for Planetary Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuiper belt NERFINISHED ⓘ asteroid 1776 Kuiper NERFINISHED ⓘ lunar crater Kuiper NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of planetary geology ⓘ space-based infrared astronomy ⓘ
knownFor	Kuiper belt NERFINISHED ⓘ discoveries of planetary satellites ⓘ founding modern planetary astronomy ⓘ infrared observations of planets ⓘ
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	The Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ edited "The Solar System" multi-volume series ⓘ
participatedIn	U.S. space program lunar exploration planning ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Harenkarspel, North Holland, Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Mexico City, Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of astronomy at University of Arizona ⓘ professor of astronomy at University of Chicago ⓘ
workLocation	Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucson, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Miranda → discoveredBy → Gerard P. Kuiper ⓘ

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory → foundedBy → Gerard P. Kuiper ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gerard Kuiper

Kuiper Belt → namedAfter → Gerard P. Kuiper ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gerard Kuiper

David C. Jewitt → doctoralAdvisor → Gerard P. Kuiper ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gerard Kuiper (disputed/uncertain)