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Chad Trujillo

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Chadwick A. Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) is an American astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and the co-discoverer of Eris, the most massive dwarf planet known in the Solar System. Trujillo works with computer software and has examined the orbits of the numerous trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which is the outer area of the Solar System that he specialized in. Trujillo, along with Michael Brown and David Rabinowitz, discovered Eris in 2003. As a result of the discovery of the satellite Dysnomia, Eris was the first TNO known to be more massive than Pluto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Chad Trujillo is the 602nd most popular astronomer (up from 605th in 2024), the 12,925th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,674th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Chad Trujillo ranks 602 out of 644. Before him are Debra Fischer, Arnold Wolfendale, David J. Tholen, Wendy Freedman, Fernand Rigaux, and Merieme Chadid. After him are William Kwong Yu Yeung, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Stefano Sposetti, Jan Kleyna, Françoise Combes, and Geoffrey Marcy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Chad Trujillo ranks 443. Before him are Romāns Vainšteins, Emma Caulfield, Boris Kodjoe, Lisa Raymond, Jean-Bédel Bokassa Jr., and Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad. After him are Alexei Urmanov, Carmine Giovinazzo, Nebojša Krupniković, Paulo Rink, Svetlana Boginskaya, and Pablo Pozo.

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Chad Trujillo ranks 127. Before him are Dorrit Hoffleit (1907), Bruce C. Murray (1931), A. E. Douglass (1867), Christian Pollas (1947), Matthew J. Holman (1967), and David J. Tholen (1955). After him are Jan Kleyna (2000), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), Jeff T. Alu (1966), Martha P. Haynes (1951), Kenneth J. Lawrence (null), and R. Paul Butler (1960).

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