Gerard Peter Kuiper

Birthday- December 7, 1905 Died- December 23, 1973 born in Tuitjenhorn, Netherlands married to the best( Sarah Fuller) since 1936!

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

Whoops I meant 4 times weaker than the regular human beings eyesight

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

#funfact my eyesight is 4 times stronger than the regular human beings eyesight

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

Love this!!

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

About to take a nice vacation to Mexico, so excited!

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

I am so happy I won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society!! It is truley an honor

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

Ha! you wish @astro_shoemaker , Go Chicago!!! https://t.co/z1bPvUM93w

[Carolyn Shoemaker @astro_shoemaker]

Thats kinda cool but I think Cal Tech is cooler😎 https://t.co/9V75Ih0zyS

[Galileo Galilei @RealGalileoHour]

Someone in this room is talking about "wormholing her" and frankly I am very confused

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

Is it bad that this reminded me of sarah?? https://t.co/VMSNs22Gmz

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

I think Kuiper belt sounds better than Edgeworth, not biased, just think it sounds better

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

I got put on Project A119 with Carl Sagan!! It's classified though so shhhh!!

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

I always wanted to go to school at Harvard no teach there but I guess this is fine too

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

WORMHOLE: I met @ClaudiusPtolem8 just a little bit ago, interesting fact about him, he runs cross country

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

Celebrating the end of my twenty-fourth year teaching at the University of Chicago! wow, what a ride it has been!!

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

can't believe I just won the Prix Jules Janssen, it's like the highest award of the French astronomical society!!

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @GPKuiper1973]

So, just found out that there is carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on mars, does that mean there is life on mars!?!?!?!? #creepy