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Kenneth E. Edgeworth

Irish astronomer

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Kuiper belt speculation

  • Comet McNaught
    In comet: The modern era

    …Irish army officer and astronomer, Kenneth Edgeworth. Therefore, some scientists refer to the comet belt as the Kuiper belt, while others call it the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt.

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  • Kuiper belt binary object
    In Kuiper belt: Discovery of the Kuiper belt

    The Irish astronomer Kenneth E. Edgeworth speculated in 1943 that the distribution of the solar system’s small bodies was not bounded by the present distance of Pluto. Kuiper developed a stronger case in 1951. Working from an analysis of the mass distribution of bodies needed to accrete into…

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