Why can't the kipler belt be called the icy belt? Keplar ?
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Clive say: If you could actually spell, I might have an idea WTF you're on about.
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PhotonX say: Kuiper Belt, you mean? Tell you what--why don't you discover something so significant that your name becomes attached to it, and then we'll rename that "the icy belt".
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Jeffrey K say: It could be. But Kuiper would not be happy.
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Nyx say: It's named after the person who first proposed that such a belt would exist (1951) - Gerard Kuiper.
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/720/...
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rxplb say: vsjzanwx
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Mark IX say: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/792/10...
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