
Jane Luu
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Gender | Female |
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Born | Vietnam |
Thesis | Solar System |
Residence | Lexington |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Discovered | 79360 Sila–Nunam |
15760 Albion | |
66652 Borasisi | |
Awards | The Shaw Prize |
Kavli Prize | |
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy | |
Spous | Ronnie Hoogerwerf |
Known for | Kuiper belt |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 705360 |
Jane Luu Life story
Dr. Jane X. Luu is a Vietnamese American astronomer and defense systems engineer. She was awarded the Kavli Prize for 2012 "for discovering and characterizing the Kuiper Belt and its largest members, work that led to a major advance in the understanding of the history of our planetary system".