Jane Luu

Jane Lưu
BornJuly 1963 (age 61)
Saigon, Vietnam
Alma materStanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forDiscovery of the Kuiper belt
SpouseRonnie Hoogerwerf
AwardsAnnie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy (1991)
Shaw Prize (2012)
Kavli Prize (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy, Astrophysics, Engineering
InstitutionsHarvard University, Lincoln Laboratory at MIT, Tufts University, University of Oslo
Thesis Physical Studies of Primitive Solar System Bodies  (1992[1])
Doctoral advisorDavid C. Jewitt
Minor planets discovered: 37 [2]
10370 Hylonome [A] February 27, 1995
15760 Albion [A] August 20, 1992
(15809) 1994 JS [A] May 11, 1994
(15836) 1995 DA2 [A] February 24, 1995
(15874) 1996 TL66 [A][B][C] October 9, 1996
(15875) 1996 TP66 [A][C] October 11, 1996
(19308) 1996 TO66 [A][C] October 12, 1996
(20161) 1996 TR66 [A][B][C] October 8, 1996
(24952) 1997 QJ4 [A][C][D] August 28, 1997
(24978) 1998 HJ151 [A][C][E] April 28, 1998
(26375) 1999 DE9 [C] February 20, 1999
(33001) 1997 CU29 [A][B][C] February 6, 1997
(59358) 1999 CL158 [A][C] February 11, 1999
(60608) 2000 EE173 [C][F] March 3, 2000
66652 Borasisi [A][C] September 8, 1999
79360 Sila–Nunam [A][B][C] February 3, 1997
(79969) 1999 CP133 [A][C] February 11, 1999
(79978) 1999 CC158 [A][C][G] February 15, 1999
(79983) 1999 DF9 [A][C] February 20, 1999
(91554) 1999 RZ215 [A][C] September 8, 1999
(118228) 1996 TQ66 [A][B][C] October 8, 1996
(129746) 1999 CE119 [A][C] February 10, 1999
(134568) 1999 RH215 [A][C] September 7, 1999
(137294) 1999 RE215 [A][C] September 7, 1999
(137295) 1999 RB216 [A][C] September 8, 1999
(148112) 1999 RA216 [A][C] September 8, 1999
(181708) 1993 FW [A] March 28, 1993
(181867) 1999 CV118 [A][C] February 10, 1999
(181868) 1999 CG119 [A][C] February 11, 1999
(181871) 1999 CO153 [A][C] February 12, 1999
(181902) 1999 RD215 [A][C] September 6, 1999
(385185) 1993 RO [A] September 14, 1993
(385201) 1999 RN215 [A][C] September 7, 1999
(415720) 1999 RU215 [A][C] September 7, 1999
(469306) 1999 CD158 [A][C] February 10, 1999
(503858) 1998 HQ151 [A][C][E] April 28, 1998
(508770) 1995 WY2 [A] 18 November 1995
Legend to co-discoverers:
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Jane X. Luu (Vietnamese: Lưu Lệ Hằng;[3] born July 1963) is a Vietnamese-American astronomer and defense systems engineer. She was awarded the Kavli Prize (shared with David C. Jewitt and Michael Brown) 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".

Luu immigrated to the United States as a refugee in 1975, when the South Vietnamese government fell. She and her family lived in refugee camps and motels before they settled in Kentucky, where she had relatives. She graduated from high school as valedictorian and then earned a scholarship to Stanford University, receiving her bachelor's degree in physics in 1984.[4][5] Working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA after college inspired her to study astronomy.[5]

  1. ^ "Graduate Student Advisees by David Jewitt" (PDF).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference MPC-Discoverers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hữu Thiện, Jane Lưu lên núi ngắm sao..., Vietnamnet, 2004
  4. ^ May/June 1998 Feature Alum, Jane Luu, '84. CLASS NOTABLE: JANE LUU, '84, Scoping the Cosmos Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine By Erika Check, '99
  5. ^ a b "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 2020-01-30.