Jane Luu

Jane Luu is a Professor II at the Centre for Planetary Habitability (UiO), specializing in comets, asteroids, and interstellar objects. Her research focuses on dynamic processes in small Solar System bodies, including fragmentation, disintegration, and dust behavior. She collaborates with international teams using facilities like the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) and WIYN Telescopes.

• Email: jane.luu@geo.uio.no
• Address: Sem Sælands vei 13, Svein Rosseland's house, 0371 Oslo

Her work includes studies on comet outbursts (e.g., 12P/Pons-Brooks), disintegration mechanisms (C/2019 J2), and interstellar interlopers like 2I/Borisov and ’Oumuamua, where she proposed fractal dust aggregate models. Recent publications examine episodic activity in asteroids (6478 Gault) and discus-shaped comets (C/2014 B1).