Jean-Pierre Luminet
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[[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]]
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