Kuiper Belt Survey
Luu joins the long-running telescope survey searching for previously unknown objects beyond Neptune.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Jane Luu Biography and Timeline
Follow Jane Luu through 4 dated historical records for United States of America.
Jane Luu, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
4Distinct records
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1987–1996Years on this page
1987
1993
1992 QB1 Discovery Published
Luu and Jewitt publish their discovery of 1992 QB1 as evidence for the long-suspected population beyond Neptune.
Discovery of 1993 FW
Luu and Jewitt identify another trans-Neptunian object, helping establish that 1992 QB1 was not an isolated discovery.
1996
Discovery of 1996 TL66
Luu and colleagues identify 1996 TL66, an object on a highly eccentric orbit associated with the scattered trans-Neptunian population.
Records, sources and methodology
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