English Explanatory Dictionary

Edgeworth-Kuiper belt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Kuiper belt.

Word forms

Edgeworth-Kuiper belt the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt

Etymology

Named after the Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who conjectured the existence of a version of the belt in 1951, and the Irish astronomer Kenneth Edgeworth, who proposed a similar hypothesis in the 1930s.

Synonyms

Kuiper belt
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