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Kevin Luhman

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Kevin Luhman
Physics
#2282
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#3396
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#916
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Astronomy
#391
World Rank
#766
Historical Rank
#204
USA Rank
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According to Wikipedia, Kevin Luhman is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics from Pennsylvania State University who discovered both the third-closest stellar system, Luhman 16, and the fourth-closest stellar system, WISE 0855−0714, to the Sun. Both systems are composed of substellar objects , falling into the category of brown dwarfs or even less massive objects which are categorized as sub-brown dwarfs but also referred to as "free floating planets" or "planetary mass objects". WISE 0855−0714 is the coldest massive object outside the solar system that has been directly imaged.

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Kevin Luhman's Published Works

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