David L. Rabinowitz
| David Lincoln Rabinowitz | |
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David Lincoln Rabinowitz working at the NEAT-Project | |
| Born | 1960 (age 55–56) |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions |
Yale University's Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory |
| Alma mater |
Yale University University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Joint Convolutional and Orthogonal Decoding of Interleaved-Data Frames for IS-95 CDMA Communications (1996) |
| Known for | Co-discoverer of the new population of dwarf planets in the outer solar system |
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Website physics | |
David Lincoln Rabinowitz (born 1960) is a researcher at Yale University. He has built CCD cameras and software for the detection of near-Earth asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects,[1] and his research has helped reduce the assumed number of near-Earth asteroids larger than 1 km by half, from 1,000–2,000 to 500–1,000[2] He has also assisted in the detection of distant solar system objects, supernovae, and quasars, thereby helping to understand the origin and evolution of the solar system and the dark energy driving the accelerated expansion of the universe.
Collaborating with Michael Brown and Chad Trujillo of the Quasar Equatorial Survey Team, he has participated in the discovery of several plutoids such as 90377 Sedna (possibly the first known inner Oort cloud object[3]), 90482 Orcus,[4] Eris (more massive than Pluto[5]), Haumea,[6] and Makemake,[7] although he would not get credit for Haumea.
Together with Tom Gehrels of the University of Arizona and his Spacewatch Team, Rabinowitz discovered or co-discovered other astronomical objects including 5145 Pholus[8] and 1991 BA.
| Discovered minor planets | ||||
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| Number | (prov.) Name | Date | Refs | |
| 120178 | 2003 OP32 | July 26 | 2003 | [1][2] |
| 136199 | Eris | October 21 | 2003 | [1][2] |
| 90377 | Sedna | November 14 | 2003 | [1][2] |
| 90482 | Orcus | February 17 | 2004 | [1][2] |
| 120348 | 2004 TY364 | October 3 | 2004 | [1][2] |
| 175113 | 2004 PF115 | August 7 | 2004 | [1][2] |
| 136472 | Makemake | March 31 | 2005 | [1][2] |
| 353222 | 2009 YD7 | December 16 | 2009 | |
| 386723 | 2009 YE7 | December 17 | 2009 | – |
| 349933 | 2009 YF7 | December 19 | 2009 | |
| 382004 | 2010 RM64 | September 9 | 2010 | [3][4] |
| 445473 | 2010 VZ98 | November 11 | 2010 | [3][4] |
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References
- ↑ David Rabinowitz overview
- ↑ "Asteroid population count slashed".
- ↑ The Astrophysical Journal.
- ↑ "BBC NEWS - Science/Nature - New world found far beyond Pluto".
- ↑ Brown, Michael E.; Schaller, Emily L. (15 June 2007). "The Mass of Dwarf Planet Eris". Science 316 (5831): 1585. Bibcode:2007Sci...316.1585B. doi:10.1126/science.1139415. PMID 17569855.
- ↑ M. E. Brown, A. H. Bouchez, D. L. Rabinowitz, R. Sari, C. A. Trujillo, M. A. van Dam, R. Campbell, J. Chin, S. Hartman, E. Johansson, R. Lafon, D. LeMignant, P. Stomski, D. Summers, P. L. Wizinowich Keck Observatory laser guide star adaptive optics discovery and characterization of a satellite to large Kuiper belt object 2003 EL61, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 632, L45 (October 2005) Full text from Caltech
- ↑ "Space Geoscience: 2003 UB313 -- Eris -- Dwarf Planet".
- ↑ "Pholus (minor planet 5145)".