Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005stard..33f..16r&link_type=abstract
StarDate magazine, vol. 33, no. 6, p. 16-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
History And Philosophy Of Astronomy, Obituaries, Biographies, Kuiper Belt, (Stars:) Binaries: Visual, (Stars:) White Dwarfs
Scientific paper
One of the great astronomers of the last century, Gerhard Peter Kuiper, was born 100 years ago this year. He is considered the father of modern planetary science and an expert on binary and white dwarf stars. Kuiper was recruited by Otto Struve to the Yerkes Observatory and used the 82-inch Telescope at McDonald Observatory for groundbreaking studies of Mars and the giant moons in the outer solar system. Later, he became the founding director of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona. Kuiper predicted that a vast number of asteroid-like objects lie beyond the orbit of Pluto; this was later substantiated and called the Kuiper Belt. Late in life, Kuiper pioneered the use of infrared telescopes and instruments aboard aircraft and the NASA's original flying observatory was named the Kuiper Airborne Observatory in his honor.
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