Chad Trujillo

Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) was a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech, and is currently an astronomer at the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii http://www.uhf.hawaii.edu/uhalumni/Nupepa/August2005/stories.htm. He studies the Kuiper belt and the outer solar system.

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November 22 - 1973 - Caltech - Gemini Observatory - Hawaii - Kuiper belt - Solar system

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He received his B.Sc. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995 and was a member of the Xi chapter of Tau Epsilon Phi. Trujillo received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Hawaii in 2000.

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Physics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1995 - Tau Epsilon Phi - Astronomy - University of Hawaii - 2000

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He has discovered several trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs):

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• 50000 Quaoar (with Brown)
• 90377 Sedna (with Brown and Rabinowitz) ? possibly the first known inner Oort cloud object.
• 90482 Orcus (with Brown and Rabinowitz)
• {{mpl|2003 UB|313}} (with Michael E. Brown and David L. Rabinowitz). First discovered TNO larger than Pluto.
 
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