Gerard Peter Kuiper

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

If you want to become an Olympist go for a jog to the Kuiper belt, it might take awhile it's 93 million miles away. Could be challenging.

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

@neildegross Black as a Black Hole???

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

@neildegross

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

Is there enough space in space for me?

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

@neildegross Muahahaha!!!!!!

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

@neildegross You make science fun but you can't grammar??

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

You must've been high trying to do that. https://t.co/8ooL9BgVDP

[Carl Sagan @Carl_Sagan1934]

Did you know I wanted to legalize pot?? I got you snoop dog and @albertyeinstein #truefriend

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

That's so deep Adele is rolling in it. https://t.co/KiuWYHxNlj

[neil degrasse tyson @neildegross]

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us... #gettindeeptwitter #sorrynotsorry

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

Is that how the dance goes in a tu-tu???? https://t.co/Sng49PQ9Dz

[neil degrasse tyson @neildegross]

I also won a gold medal in a national dance competition of International Latin Ballroom style, @DancingABC when am I getting a phone call?

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

I thought the big ball dwarf planet mattered? Not anymore https://t.co/ghdpwd5VeW

[neil degrasse tyson @neildegross]

with the only Pluto that matters.. #plutoisnotaplanet

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

Most boring shows are boring https://t.co/aTb8KHTEsD

[neil degrasse tyson @neildegross]

I’m kind of the reason why science is so enjoyable

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

Gerrit Pieter Kuiper
From Netherlands
Founded the Lunar Planetary Laboratory @ University of Arizona and was it's director till he died.
Died in Mexico
Joined the staff of Yerkes Observatory at University of Chicago in 1936

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

"...Objects such as Pluto and the other dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt are considered planets and called planets in everyday discourse in scientific meetings" -Alan Stern

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

Discoveries/Contributions:
Noticed the Sea change after the launch of Sputnik
Has a asteroid belt named after him (Kuiper Belt)
Discovered that the Titan a large satellite of Saturn possesses a methane-rich atmosphere

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

5 interesting Facts:
1. Father of modern planetary science
2. Discovered Saturns satellite Titan
3. Discovered Mars carbon dioxide atmosphere
4. Editor of two Encyclopeida works
5. Identified sites for the Surveyor and Apollo programs

[Gerard Peter Kuiper @Kuiper_Peter73]

Does this moon make me look fat?

#FromTheDead