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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Dutch, Dutch surname equivalent to the English surname Cooper, from the profession cooper (“kuiper”) countable
2. 2
   Gerard Kuiper (U.S. planetary astronomer) uncountable
3. 3
   An asteroid in Solar System, the 1776th asteroid registered uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

1776 kuiperasteroid 1776asteroid kuipergerard peter kuiper

Example

More examples

"A rogue asteroid from the Kuiper Belt is on a collision course with the Earth."

Etymology

From Dutch Kuiper. Doublet of Cooper.

Related phrases

Edgeworth-KuiperEdgeworth-Kuiper BeltEdgeworth-Kuiper belt objectEdgeworth-Kuiper objectKuiper BeltKuiper belt objectKuiper object

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.