Editing Gerard Kuiper (section)

==Honors==
[[File:University of Arizona May 2019 37 (Gerard P. Kuiper Space Sciences).jpg|thumb|right|Gerard P. Kuiper Space Sciences building at the [[University of Arizona]]]]

* In 1947, Kuiper was awarded the [[Prix Jules Janssen]] of the [[Société astronomique de France]] (Astronomical Society of France).
* In 1959, Kuiper won the [[Henry Norris Russell Lectureship]] of the [[American Astronomical Society]].
*In 1971, Kuiper received the Kepler Gold Medal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Franklin Institute.

Besides the [[minor planet]] [[1776 Kuiper]], three craters ([[Kuiper (Mercurian crater)|Mercurian]], [[Kuiper (lunar crater)|lunar]], and [[Kuiper (Martian crater)|Martian]]), [[Kuiper Scarp]] in Antarctica, and the now-decommissioned [[Kuiper Airborne Observatory]] were also named after him.

Astronomers refer to a region of [[minor planet]]s beyond Neptune as the "[[Kuiper belt]]", since Kuiper had suggested that such small planets or comets may have formed there. However Kuiper himself believed that such objects would have been swept clear by planetary gravitational perturbations, so that none or few would exist there today.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

The [[Kuiper Prize]], named in his honor, is the most distinguished award given by the [[American Astronomical Society]]'s [[Division for Planetary Sciences]], an international society of professional planetary scientists.{{efn|The [[Kuiper Prize]] recognizes outstanding contributors to [[planetary science]], and is awarded annually to scientists whose lifetime achievements have most advanced our understanding of planetary systems. Winners of this award include [[Carl Sagan]], [[James Van Allen]], and [[Eugene Shoemaker]].}}

One of the three buildings at Arizona that makes up the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/about/history/overview |title=A Brief History of LPL |publisher=[[University of Arizona]] |access-date=2024-06-01}}</ref>