kamarband-e Kuiper (#)
Fr.: ceinture de Kuiper
A region of the → Solar System extending roughly from the orbit of → Neptune, or 30 → astronomical units (AU), to 50 AU from the Sun that contains many small icy bodies. The Kuiper belt is now considered to be the source of the → short-period comets.
Named after Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905-1973), a Dutch-born American astronomer, who predicted the belt in 1951. He is also considered the father of modern planetary science for his contributions to the study of our solar system; → belt.
Kuiper belt object (KBO)
barâxt-e kamarband-e Kuiper
Fr.: objet de la ceinture de Kuiper