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Also Known As Gerrit Pieter Kuiper
Born December 7, 1905 • Netherlands
Died December 23, 1973 (aged 68) • Mexico City • Mexico
Subjects Of Study Mars • Miranda • Pluto • atmosphere • carbon dioxide • cosmogony • diameter • planet • Solar System • measurement • Nereid

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