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Kuiper Belt Hypothesis

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Chronological records

1951

Gerard Kuiper1951

Science / Astronomy

Kuiper discusses the possibility that numerous icy bodies formed beyond Pluto in the early Solar System.

Names involved

Gerard Kuiper

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