# Kevin Luhman

> 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.

*Astronomer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kevin-luhman

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 2000
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Kevin Luhman](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Luhman)
- [Kevin Luhman](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Luhman)
- [Kevin Luhman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Luhman)
- [Кевін Луман](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Kevin Luhman](https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Luhman)
- [Луман, Кевин](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7385126)

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