Gerard Kuiper

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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)

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In 1951, in an article for the journal Astrophysics, Gerard Kuiper speculated on a similar disc having formed early in the Solar System's evolution; however, he did not think that such a belt still existed today. Source: Internet

The first attempt to measure the diameter of Triton was made by Gerard Kuiper in 1954. Source: Internet

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