Gerard Kuiper

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Leiden_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Henry_Draper_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1905-12-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Harenkarspel,_Netherlands
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Project_Apollo
gptkb:Project_Lunar_Orbiter
gptkb:Project_Ranger
gptkb:Project_Surveyor
gptkbp:deathDate 1973-12-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Mexico_City,_Mexico
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Miranda_(moon_of_Uranus)
gptkb:Nereid_(moon_of_Neptune)
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ejnar_Hertzsprung
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Arizona
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Yerkes_Observatory
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Kuiper_belt
gptkb:1776_Kuiper_(asteroid)
gptkb:Kuiper_crater_(Mercury)
gptkb:Kuiper_crater_(Moon)
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
planetary science
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Lunar_and_Planetary_Laboratory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gerard Kuiper
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Kuiper_belt
discovering Miranda
discovering Nereid
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Carl_Sagan
gptkb:Tom_Gehrels
gptkb:William_K._Hartmann
gptkb:Dale_Cruikshank
gptkb:Toby_Owen
gptkb:David_Morrison
Eugene Shoemaker
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Tucson,_Arizona
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sarah_Parker_Kuiper
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lunar_and_Planetary_Laboratory
gptkb:Neptune_II
gptkb:Miranda
gptkb:Kuiper_Belt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5