David L. Rabinowitz

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David Lincoln Rabinowitz (born 1960) is a researcher at Yale University studying the Kuiper belt and the outer solar system.

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

• 90377 Sedna - possibly the first known inner Oort cloud object.
• 90482 Orcus
• 2003 UB₃₁₃ - probably larger than Pluto
• 2005 FY₉
• 2003 EL₆₁

On his own he has discovered one other astronomical object:

• 5145 Pholus

 

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