Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Hawaiʻi
Known for
Discovery of Eris, Sedna and other trans-Neptunian objects
Scientific career
Fields
Planetary astronomy
Institutions
Gemini Observatory Northern Arizona University
Chadwick A. Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) is an American astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and the co-discoverer of Eris, the most massive dwarf planet known in the Solar System.[1][2]
Trujillo works with computer software and has examined the orbits of the numerous trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which is the outer area of the Solar System that he specialized in. In late August 2005, it was announced that Trujillo, along with Michael Brown and David Rabinowitz, had discovered Eris in 2003.[2] As a result of the discovery of the satellite Dysnomia, Eris was the first TNO known to be more massive than Pluto.[3]
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ChadTrujillo Helps in Discovery of 10th Planet". Nupepa. August 2005. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2016. "Chad Trujillo...
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dwarf planet Pluto. The object was discovered by American astronomers ChadTrujillo and Michael Brown at the Palomar Observatory on 4 June 2002. Quaoar's...
surface. Orcus was discovered by American astronomers Michael Brown, ChadTrujillo, and David Rabinowitz on 17 February 2004. Orcus is a plutino, a trans-Neptunian...
observed on 5 November 2012 by American astronomers Scott Sheppard and ChadTrujillo at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The discovery...
(provisionally designated 2003 VB12) was discovered by Michael Brown (Caltech), ChadTrujillo (Gemini Observatory), and David Rabinowitz (Yale University) on 14 November...
of Mike Brown of Caltech, David Rabinowitz of Yale University, and ChadTrujillo of Gemini Observatory in Hawaii discovered Haumea on December 28, 2004...
release in February 2021 by astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and ChadTrujillo. The object was nicknamed "FarFarOut" to emphasize its distance from...
discovered on 10 November 2018 by Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and ChadTrujillo during their search for TNOs whose orbits might be gravitationally influenced...
E.; Rabinowitz, D. L. Rabinowitz; Stomski, P. J. Jr.; Summers, D. M.; Trujillo, C. A.; Wizinowich, P. L. (2006). "Satellites of the Largest Kuiper Belt...
extends into the inner Oort cloud. Discovered by Scott Sheppard and ChadTrujillo, the object's existence was revealed on 29 August 2016. Both the orbital...
"halfway through"; will feature Chad Smith, Taylor Hawkins & Robert Trujillo". MSN. Retrieved December 17, 2020. "Slash, Chad Smith, Post Malone and Andrew...
fully disintegrated hours before perihelion. In March 2014, astronomers ChadTrujillo and Scott Sheppard published a paper in Nature arguing that the apparent...
first observed on 19 September 2014 by astronomers Scott Sheppard and ChadTrujillo at Cerro Tololo Observatory, Chile, and revealed on 29 August 2016....
deemed a part, the Kuiper belt objects (KBO). Teams by Mike Brown, ChadTrujillo and David Rabinowitz discovered the trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) Quaoar...
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