What is Gerard Kuiper?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Gerard P. Kuiper |image = Gerard Kuiper 1964c.jpg |image_size = 260px |caption = Gerard Kuiper in 1964 |birth_date = {{birth date|1905|12|7}} |birth_place = [[Tuitjenhorn]], [[Netherlands]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1973|12|23|1905|12|7}} |death_place = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] |nationality = [[Netherlands|Dutch]]-[[United States|American]] |ethnicity = |field = [[Astronomy]] |work_institutions = [[University of Chicago]], [[University of Arizona]]|alma_mater = [[University of Leiden]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Kuiper belt]] |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |signature = |footnotes = }} '''Gerard Peter Kuiper''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|pron|ˈ|k|aɪ|p|ər}}; {{IPA-nl|ˈkœypər}}; born '''Gerrit Pieter Kuiper'''; December 7, 1905 – December 23, 1973) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]]-born [[Americans|American]] [[Astronomy|astronomer]].<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/25/archives/dr-gerard-kuiper-astronomer-dies-predicted-moon-surface-essentially.html |title=Dr. Gerard Kuiper, Astronomer, Dies |work=The New York Times |date=25 December 2019 |access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>The [[Kuiper belt]] is named after him. He discovered two [[natural satellite]]s of [[planet]]s in the [[solar system]], namely [[Uranus]]'s moon [[Miranda (moon)|Miranda]] and [[Neptune]]'s moon [[Nereid (moon)|Nereid]]. Kuiper went to college at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated in 1927 and went on to earn his [[doctorate]] in 1933. That same year, he moved to the United States and began working at the [[Lick Observatory]] in California. In 1935, he was a [[lecturer]] at [[Harvard University]]. In 1936, he moved to the [[University of Chicago]], and in 1943 he became a [[professor]] there. He was the [[director]] of their [[observatory|observatories]] from 1947 until 1960. In 1960, Kuiper began work at the [[University of Arizona]], and he started their [[lunar]] and [[planet|planetary]] laboratory. He was the director of the [[labor