Kuiper belt

Etymology
Named after the astronomer (1905-1973); and belt.

Pronunciation
Note: “Kuiper” is a Dutch surname and may also be pronounced in the Dutch manner. Gerard Kuiper himself lived in the U.S. and used the American pronunciation above. The Dutch word kuiper and the English word cooper have the same etymology and meaning, so that's another possibility.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A region of space between 30 and 50 astronomical units from the Sun, roughly confined within a thick band around the ecliptic of the Solar System. This area is populated by many thousands of trans-Neptunian objects.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Kuipergordel
 * Armenian: Կոյպերի գոտի
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 柯伊柏帶
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: Kuipergordel
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: Cinto de Kuiper
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: fascia di Kuiper
 * Japanese: カイパーベルト
 * Macedonian: Кајперов Појас
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: cinturão de Kuiper, cintura de Kuiper
 * Romanian: Centura Kuiper
 * Russian: по́яс Ко́йпера
 * Spanish: cinturón de Kuiper
 * Swedish: (def. singular)

Noun

 * 1)  a type of asteroid belt found in the outer regions of planetary systems that forms an annular belt or disc around the system's center, lying beyond the planetary formation region for major planets, which may extend outwards to reach the inner Oort cloud

Hyponyms

 * / Kuiper disk