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Encyclopedia > David L. Rabinowitz

David Lincoln Rabinowitz (born 1960) is a researcher at Yale University studying the Kuiper belt and the outer solar system. Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Yale redirects here. ... Artists rendering of the Kuiper Belt and hypothetical more distant Oort cloud. ... This article is about the Solar System. ...


Mr. Rabinowitz works with high resolution cameras in a team with Michael E. Brown and Chad Trujillo, that has discovered trans-Neptunian objects, among them: Michael (Mike) E. Brown (born c. ... Chadwick A. Chad Trujillo (born November 22, 1973), is the co-discoverer of Eris, which he claims to be the Tenth Planet. ... A trans-Neptunian object (TNO) is any object in the solar system that orbits the sun at a greater distance on average than Neptune. ...

Along with the Spacewatch Team headed by Tom Gehrels at the University of Arizona, he co-discovered one other astronomical object: 90377 Sedna is a trans-Neptunian object, discovered by Michael Brown (Caltech), Chad Trujillo (Gemini Observatory) and David Rabinowitz (Yale University) on November 14, 2003. ... This image is an artists rendering of the Oort cloud and the Kuiper Belt. ... 90482 Orcus (originally known by the provisional designation 2004 DW) is a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) that was discovered by Michael Brown of Caltech, Chad Trujillo of the Gemini Observatory, and David Rabinowitz of Yale University. ... Eris (IPA pronunciation ) or ), also designated (136199) Eris or 136199 Eris (See Minor planet names), is the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. ... Artists impression of Pluto (background) and Charon (foreground). ... Adjective Plutonian Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 0. ... (136108) 2003 EL61 (also written (136108) 2003 EL61), is a large (roughly one-third the mass of Pluto) and very unusual Kuiper belt object discovered by Mike Brown at Caltech in the United States. ... (136472) 2005 FY9 (also written (136472) 2005 FY9) is a very large Kuiper belt object discovered on March 31, 2005 by the team led by Michael Brown. ... See also Lists of astronomical objects Category: ...



 

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