Edgeworth-Kuiper belt
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Edgeworth-Kuiper belt
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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.
proper noun the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt
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Synonym of Kuiper belt.
Similar: Kuiper belt
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title = {Edgeworth-Kuiper belt},
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