Jean Pierre Luminet

Jean-Pierre Luminet (born 3 June 1951) is a French astrophysicist, writer and poet, specialized in black holes and 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. He also serves on the editorial board of The Astronomical Review.

Contents

• Jean pierre luminet biography and a poem
• lumi res et trous noirs par jean pierre luminet au plan tarium galil e le 26 mars 2015
• Timeline
• References

The asteroid 5523 Luminet, was named after him.

Timeline

2003 - An apparent periodicity in the cosmic microwave background led to the suggestion, by 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. During the following year, astronomers searched for more evidence to support this hypothesis but found none.