David L. Rabinowitz

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Not to be confused with David Rabinovitz or David Rabinowitch.

David Lincoln Rabinowitz (born 1960) is an American astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and researcher at Yale University.

David L. Rabinowitz
David Lincoln Rabinowitz working at the NEAT-Project
Born	1960 (age 64–65)
Alma mater	Yale University University of Chicago
Known for	Co-discoverer of the new population of dwarf planets in the outer solar system
Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	Yale University's Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Thesis	(1988)
Website	physics.yale.edu/people/david-rabinowitz

Career

David Rabinowitz has built CCD cameras and software for the detection of near-Earth 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 possible dwarf planets such as 90377 Sedna (possibly the first known inner Oort cloud object), 90482 Orcus,^[3] Eris (more massive than Pluto^[4]), Haumea,^[5] and Makemake,^[6] though no-one would 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^[7] – a Centaur, credited by the MPC to Spacewatch^[8]– and the unnumbered Apollo near-Earth object 1991 BA, which remains uncredited.^[9]

Awards and honors

The minor planet 5040 Rabinowitz, a Phocaea asteroid discovered by Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in 1972, was named in his honor and for his work at Spacewatch.^[10]

List of discovered minor planets

See also: Category:Discoveries by David L. Rabinowitz

David Rabinowitz is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 34 minor planets during 1989–2010.^[11]

90377 Sedna	14 November 2003	list[A][B]
90482 Orcus	February 17, 2004	list[A][B]
(120178) 2003 OP32	July 26, 2003	list[A][B]
(120348) 2004 TY364	October 3, 2004	list[A][B]
136199 Eris	October 21, 2003	list[A][B]
136472 Makemake	March 31, 2005	list[A][B]
(175113) 2004 PF115	August 7, 2004	list[A][B]
(187661) 2007 JG43	May 10, 2007	list[C][A]
225088 Gonggong	July 17, 2007	list[C][A]
229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà	July 17, 2007	list[A][C]

(305543) 2008 QY40	August 25, 2008	list[C][A]
(312645) 2010 EP65	March 9, 2010	list[D]
(316179) 2010 EN65	March 7, 2010	list[D]
(349933) 2009 YF7	December 19, 2009	list
(353222) 2009 YD7	December 16, 2009	list
(382004) 2010 RM64	September 9, 2010	list[C][D]
(386723) 2009 YE7	December 17, 2009	list
(445473) 2010 VZ98	November 11, 2010	list[C][D]
(471136) 2010 EO65	March 9, 2010	list[D]
(471137) 2010 ET65	March 13, 2010	list[D]

(471149) 2010 FB49	March 17, 2010	list[D]
(471150) 2010 FC49	March 18, 2010	list[D]
(471151) 2010 FD49	March 19, 2010	list[D]
(471152) 2010 FE49	March 19, 2010	list[D]
(471155) 2010 GF65	April 14, 2010	list[D]
(471172) 2010 JC80	May 12, 2010	list[D]
(471196) 2010 PK66	August 14, 2010	list[C][D]
(471210) 2010 VW11	November 3, 2010	list[C][D]
(496816) 1989 UP	October 27, 1989	list[E]
(499522) 2010 PL66	August 14, 2010	list[C][D]

(504555) 2008 SO266	September 24, 2008	list[C][A]
(523618) 2007 RT15	September 11, 2007	list[C][A]
(523629) 2008 SP266	September 26, 2008	list[C][A]
(528381) 2008 ST291	September 24, 2008	list[C][A]
Co-discovery made with: A M. E. Brown B C. Trujillo C M. E. Schwamb D S. Tourtellotte E J. V. Scotti

1992AD is with a comet-like orbit of 92.26 years without a tail, which orbits between Saturn and Neptune. It was discovered by Rabinowitz in 1992 and was officially named Pholus. Another body that he discovered in 1993 was named Nessus with an orbit of 123.2 years. This one orbits between Saturn and Pluto.^[12]