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Kuiper belt

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Kuiper belt see comet ; Kuiper, Gerard Peter .

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Kuiper, Gerard Peter
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Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Kuiper Belt Objects Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) are chunks of rock, dust and ice found...1972) did the same. In 1951, Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905-1973) theorized that this belt, or ring, around the...
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