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Encyclopedia > David Rabinowitz

David L. Rabinowitz (born 1960) is a professor at Yale University researching the Kuiper belt and the outer solar system.


Along with Michael E. Brown and Chadwick A. Trujillo he has discovered trans-Neptunian objects, among them:

On his own he has discovered one other astronomical object:


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Loren and David start at five in the morning and train for about four hours a day on ice and seven hours a week off ice during the school year.
David has taken lessons since he was six and has won many awards for his playing ability since then.
David is a sophomore in the honors program at Tufts University and is majoring in political science and Russian studies.
Yale researcher finds number of 'near-Earth asteroids' are fewer than believed (563 words)
Rabinowitz and his fellow researchers estimate that these asteroids actually total half that, or 500 to 1,000.
Rabinowitz said smaller asteroids the size of a large house or hotel generally burn up or blow up before they hit the ground.
Rabinowitz is currently working with Professor Charles Baltay, chairman of the Yale Physics Department, to develop one of the worldÂ’s largest electronic cameras.
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