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Gerard Peter Kuiper (/ ˈ k aɪ p ər / KY-pər; born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper, Dutch: [ˈɣɛrɪt ˈpitər ˈkœypər]; 7 December 1905 – 23 December 1973) was a Dutch-American astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor. He is the eponymous namesake of the Kuiper belt.
Gerard Kuiper (1905 - 1973) is regarded by many as the father of modern planetary science. He is well known for his many discoveries, including: 1947: He correctly predicted carbon dioxide is a major component of the atmosphere of Mars. 1947: He correctly predicted the rings of Saturn are composed of particles of ice.
Attracted by von Weizsacker's quantitative revival of the solar nebula theory of Descartes and Kant, and apparently influenced by the work of H. P. Berlage and D. ter Haar, Kuiper extended the work, arguing that large-scale gravitational instabilities could occur in the rotating solar nebula; these regions would be stable against the tidal ...
Nov 12, 2015 · During the 1960s and 70s, he played a crucial role in the development of infrared airborne astronomy, a technology which led to many pivotal discoveries that would have been impossible using...
Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker [a] ( German: [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fɔn ˈvaɪtsɛkɐ] ⓘ; 28 June 1912 – 28 April 2007) was a German physicist and philosopher. He was the longest-living member of the team which performed nuclear research in Nazi Germany during the Second World War, under Werner Heisenberg 's leadership.
Astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper ignored the traditional boundaries of his subject. Using telescopes and the laboratory, he made the solar system a familiar, intrig...
Feb 1, 2019 · He eventually went into teaching, with one of his students being American astronomer Carl Sagan. Unfortunately, Gerard Kuiper passed away on the 23 December, 1973 due to a heart attack while on holiday with his wife, Sarah Fuller, in Mexico.
