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Jane Luu

1963 - Today

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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, when the South Vietnamese government fell. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jane Luu has received more than 96,433 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Luu is the 526th most popular astronomer (down from 495th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 90th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Astronomer.

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  • 96k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Jane Luu ranks 526 out of 531. Before her are Charles W. Juels, Merieme Chadid, Bruce C. Murray, Ewine van Dishoeck, A. E. Douglass, and György Kulin. After her are Kin Endate, Korado Korlević, Mary Proctor, Christian Pollas, Kazuro Watanabe, and Jana Tichá.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Jane Luu ranks 490. Before her are Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tataw, Christophe Barratier, Marcus Nispel, Éric Di Meco, and Timothy Gowers. After her are Joel Gretsch, Milko Djurovski, Farin Urlaub, Shin Kyung-sook, Vladimír Růžička, and Reb Beach.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Jane Luu ranks 100 out of 124. Before her are Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (1938), Ngô Bảo Châu (1972), Yvon Petra (1916), Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905), Eugene H. Trinh (1950), and Cung Le (1972). After her are Lê Công Vinh (1985), Kim Thúy (1968), Thuy Trang (1973), Linh Dan Pham (1974), Dustin Nguyen (1962), and Hoàng Xuân Vinh (1974).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Vietnam

Among astronomers born in Vietnam, Jane Luu ranks 1. 

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