Chad Trujillo

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Chad Trujillo is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of distant trans-Neptunian objects, including the dwarf planet Eris.

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Chad Trujillo canonical 7
Chadwick A. Trujillo 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American scientist
astronomer
person
academicDegree PhD in astronomy
coDiscovererOf 28978 Ixion
Quaoar
surface form: 50000 Quaoar

55636 2002 TX300
90377 Sedna
90482 Orcus
Eris
coDiscovererWith David L. Rabinowitz
Michael E. Brown
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
surface form: University of Hawaii at Manoa
employer Gemini Observatory
Northern Arizona Teachers College
surface form: Northern Arizona University
familyName Trujillo
fieldOfWork Kuiper Belt objects
surface form: Kuiper belt objects

astronomy
observational astronomy
planetary science
trans-Neptunian objects
gender male
givenName Chadwick
knownFor discovery of 28978 Ixion
discovery of 50000 Quaoar
discovery of 55636 2002 TX300
discovery of 90377 Sedna
discovery of 90482 Orcus
discovery of Sedna
discovery of dwarf planet Eris
discovery of scattered disc objects
discovery of trans-Neptunian objects
research on outer Solar System
languageSpoken English
name Chad Trujillo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chadwick A. Trujillo
nationality American
notableWork surveys for distant Solar System bodies
positionHeld assistant professor of astronomy at Northern Arizona University
researchInterest Kuiper Belt
surface form: Kuiper belt

distant Solar System objects
scattered disc
workLocation Flagstaff
surface form: Flagstaff, Arizona

Hilo
surface form: Hilo, Hawaii

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eris discoveredBy Chad Trujillo
Makemake discoveredBy Chad Trujillo
Orcus discoveredBy Chad Trujillo
Quaoar discoveredBy Chad Trujillo
Chad Trujillo name Chad Trujillo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chadwick A. Trujillo
Dysnomia discoveredBy Chad Trujillo
Hiʻiaka discoveredBy Chad Trujillo
this entity surface form: Chadwick A. Trujillo
Namaka discoveredBy Chad Trujillo
this entity surface form: Chadwick A. Trujillo
David L. Rabinowitz coDiscovererWith Chad Trujillo
90482 Orcus discoveredBy Chad Trujillo
90482 Orcus (2004 DW) discoveredBy Chad Trujillo
subject surface form: 90482 Orcus
this entity surface form: Chadwick A. Trujillo