Gerard Kuiper
Credit: NASA
Occupation: Astronomer & Planetary Scientist
Year born: 1905
Research Areas: Atmospheres and Moons
Comets
Credit: NASA
Edmond Halley
Credit: R Phillips
Edmond Halley FRS (1656 - 1742)
Caroline Herschel
Credit: care of Royal Astronomical Society
Caroline Herschel (1750 –1848)
Oort Cloud & Kuiper Belt
Credit: Jedimaster
Consequences of NEO Impact
Credit: NASA/Bern Oberbeck/Dr. Kevin Azhnle
NEO Impacts
Peninsula showing a subtle indication of the Chicxulub
impact crater.
Credit: NASA/JPL
Near Earth Objects
Comets
Credit: © 1997 Loke Kun Tan
