Kuiper belt

Kuiper Belt English thumb|The Kuiper belt Alternative forms en Kuiper Belt Etymology Named after the Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper (1905–1973), who conjectured the existence of a version of the belt in 1951. Pronunciation en /ˈkaɪ.pə(ɹ).bɛlt/ 1 UK, en /ˈkʌɪpə bɛlt/ en /ˈkaɪ.pɚ.bɛlt/ 1 US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-kuiper belt.wav US en Kui per belt Note: nl Kuiper is a Dutch surname and may also be pronounced in the Dutch manner, although Gerard Kuiper himself lived in the U.S. and used the American pronunciation above. The Dutch word nl kuiper and the English word en cooper share the same etymology and meaning, so that is another possibility. Proper noun 1 en astronomy A region of space between thirty and fifty astronomical units from the Sun, roughly confined within a thick band around the ecliptic of the Solar System, and populated by many thousands of trans-Neptunian objects. en Edgeworth-Kuiper belt en belt en 2016-05-27 Luke D. Burkhart; Darin Ragozzine; Michael E. Brown A Deep Search for Additional Satellites around the Dwarf Planet Haumea The Astronomical Journal https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/151/6/162/meta 151 6 Deep searches for regular satellites around Kuiper belt objects are difficult due to observational limitations, but Haumea is one of the few for which sufficient data exist. https://web.archive.org/web/20251015071228/https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/151/6/162/meta Derived terms en kuiperoid Kuiper belt environment Kuiper belt object Translations region of space in the Solar System Afrikaans: af Kuipergordel Armenian: hy Կոյպերի գոտի Bulgarian: bg по́яс на Ка́йпер m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 柯伊伯帶 Kēyībó dài, cmn 柯伊柏帶 Czech: cs Kuiperův pás m Dutch: nl Kuipergordel m Finnish: fi Kuiperin vyöhyke French: fr ceinture de Kuiper f Galician: gl Cinto de Kuiper m German: de Kuipergürtel m, de Kuiper-Gürtel m Hungarian: hu Kuiper-öv Indonesian: id Sabuk Kuiper Italian: it fascia di Kuiper f Japanese: ja カイパーベルト Kaipāberuto Macedonian: mk Кајперов Појас m Polish: pl Pas Kuipera m-in Portuguese: pt cinturão de Kuiper Brazil, pt cintura de Kuiper f Portugal Romanian: ro Centura Kuiper f Russian: ru по́яс Ко́йпера m Spanish: es cinturón de Kuiper m Swedish: sv Kuiperbältet (def. singular) Noun en astronomy A type of asteroid belt, expected to exist in the outer regions of planetary systems, that forms an annular belt or disc around the system's center, lies beyond the region of major-planet formation, and at its outer extent may reach the inner region of an Oort cloud. en asteroid belt belt en Kuiper disc Kuiper disk References KUIPER BELT en eponyms