About Willem Jacob Luyten
Lived 1899 – 1994 (aged 95). Willem Jacob Luyten was a Dutch and American astronomer and university teacher.
Willem Jacob Luyten (March 7, 1899 – November 21, 1994) was a Dutch-American astronomer.
Life Jacob Luyten was born in Semarang, Java, at the time part of the Dutch East Indies. He also discovered some of the Sun's nearest neighbors, including Luyten's Star as well as the high–proper motion binary star system Luyten 726-8, which was soon found to contain the remarkable flare star UV Ceti.
He published a series of catalogues of high proper motion stars. He catalogued 17,000 high-proper motion stars in the Luyten Two-Tenths Arcsecond Catalog.
Honors Awards James Craig Watson Medal (1964) Bruce Medal (1968) Named after him Asteroid 1964 Luyten Luyten's Star
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Dutch-American astronomer (1899–1994)
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Willem Jacob Luyten was born on 7 March 1899 in Semarang.
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Willem Jacob Luyten died on 21 November 1994 in Minneapolis.
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Willem Jacob Luyten was an astronomer and university teacher.
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Willem Jacob Luyten was Dutch and American.
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