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Jane Luu

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Also known as Jane X. Luu, J. X. Luu, JX Luu, J. Luu

Vietnamese American astronomer

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Born
July 1963 (age 62), Saigon , Vietnam
Alma mater
Stanford University , University of California, Berkeley , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for
Discovery of the Kuiper belt
Spouse
Ronnie Hoogerwerf
Awards
Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy (1991), Shaw Prize (2012), Kavli Prize (2012)
Fields
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Engineering
Institutions
Harvard University , Lincoln Laboratory at MIT , Tufts University , University of Oslo
Thesis
Physical Studies of Primitive Solar System Bodies (1992 )
Doctoral advisor
David C. Jewitt

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date of birth
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name in native language
Lưu Lệ Hằng
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Jane X. Luu (Vietnamese: Lưu Lệ Hằng; 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, during the fall of Saigon. 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. Working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA after college inspired her to study astronomy.

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1963 births20th-century American astronomers20th-century American women20th-century Vietnamese scientists21st-century American astronomers21st-century American women scientistsAcademics of Vietnamese descentAcademic staff of Leiden UniversityAmerican scientists of Asian descentAmerican women academicsAstronomersDiscoverers of asteroidsDiscoverers of trans-Neptunian objectsDiscoveries by Jane LuuHarvard University facultyHubble FellowsKavli Prize laureates in AstrophysicsLiving peopleMassachusetts Institute of Technology alumniMembers of the Norwegian Academy of Science and LettersMIT Lincoln Laboratory peoplePeople from Ho Chi Minh CityPlanetary scientistsRecipients of the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy