Jean-Pierre Luminet 4666256 155481746 2007-09-03T20:09:48Z AMbot 4556419 clean up and re-categorisation per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 August 29|August 29]] , replaced: Category:Astrophysicists → Category:Astronomers [[Image:JPLuminet2004.JPG|thumb|Jean-Pierre Luminet, 2004]] '''Jean-Pierre Luminet''' (1951 - ) is a [[France|French]] [[astrophysicist]], specialized in [[black hole]]s and [[physical cosmology|cosmology]]. He works as research director for the [[CNRS]] (''Centre national de la recherche scientifique''), and is a member of the ''Laboratoire Univers et Théories'' (LUTH) of the [[observatory]] of Paris-Meudon. The asteroid [[5523 Luminet]], was [[Meanings of asteroid names (5501-6000)|named]] after him [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs005001.html]. ==Timeline== * '''[[2003]]'''- An apparent [[periodicity]] in the [[cosmic microwave background]] led to the suggestion, by [http://luth2.obspm.fr/~luminet/eluminet.html Jean-Pierre Luminet] of the [[Observatoire de Paris]] and colleagues, that the [[shape of the Universe]] is a finite dodecahedron, attached to itself by each pair of opposite faces to form a [[Poincaré homology sphere]]. ([http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/7/10/5 "Is the universe a dodecahedron?"], article at PhysicsWeb.) During the following year, astronomers searched for more evidence to support this hypothesis but found none. ==See also== * [[Physical Cosmology]] * [[List of cosmologists]] * [[Non-standard cosmology]] * [[Timeline of cosmology]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Luminet, Jean-Pierre}} [[Category:Astronomers]] [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:Living people]] {{France-scientist-stub}} [[fr:Jean-Pierre Luminet]]