David L. Rabinowitz
David Lincoln Rabinowitz working at the NEAT-Project
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Alma materYale University
University of Chicago
Known forCo-discoverer of the new population of dwarf planets in the outer solar system
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsYale University's Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Thesis (1988)
Websitephysics.yale.edu/people/david-rabinowitz

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

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

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

90377 Sedna14 November 2003list [A][B]
90482 OrcusFebruary 17, 2004list [A][B]
(120178) 2003 OP32July 26, 2003list [A][B]
(120348) 2004 TY364October 3, 2004list [A][B]
136199 ErisOctober 21, 2003list [A][B]
136472 MakemakeMarch 31, 2005list [A][B]
(175113) 2004 PF115August 7, 2004list [A][B]
(187661) 2007 JG43May 10, 2007list [C][A]
225088 GonggongJuly 17, 2007list [C][A]
229762 GǃkúnǁʼhòmdímàJuly 17, 2007list [A][C]
(305543) 2008 QY40August 25, 2008list [C][A]
(312645) 2010 EP65March 9, 2010list [D]
(316179) 2010 EN65March 7, 2010list [D]
(349933) 2009 YF7December 19, 2009list
(353222) 2009 YD7December 16, 2009list
(382004) 2010 RM64September 9, 2010list [C][D]
(386723) 2009 YE7December 17, 2009list
(445473) 2010 VZ98November 11, 2010list [C][D]
(471136) 2010 EO65March 9, 2010list [D]
(471137) 2010 ET65March 13, 2010list [D]
(471149) 2010 FB49March 17, 2010list [D]
(471150) 2010 FC49March 18, 2010list [D]
(471151) 2010 FD49March 19, 2010list [D]
(471152) 2010 FE49March 19, 2010list [D]
(471155) 2010 GF65April 14, 2010list [D]
(471172) 2010 JC80May 12, 2010list [D]
(471196) 2010 PK66August 14, 2010list [C][D]
(471210) 2010 VW11November 3, 2010list [C][D]
(496816) 1989 UPOctober 27, 1989list [E]
(499522) 2010 PL66August 14, 2010list [C][D]
(504555) 2008 SO266September 24, 2008list [C][A]
(523618) 2007 RT15September 11, 2007list [C][A]
(523629) 2008 SP266September 26, 2008list [C][A]
(528381) 2008 ST291September 24, 2008list [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]

References

  1. ↑ "David Rabinowitz overview". Archived from the original on November 6, 2005.
  2. ↑ Jane Platt (January 12, 2000). "Asteroid population count slashed". NASA. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ David Whitehouse (March 3, 2004). "New world found far beyond Pluto". BBC News - Science/Nature. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ Brown, Michael E.; Schaller, Emily L. (June 2007). "The Mass of Dwarf Planet Eris". Science. 316 (5831): 1585. Bibcode:2007Sci...316.1585B. doi:10.1126/science.1139415. PMID 17569855. S2CID 21468196.
  5. ↑ Brown, M. E.; Bouchez, A. H.; Rabinowitz, D.; Sari, R.; Trujillo, C. A.; van Dam, M.; et al. (October 2005). "Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Discovery and Characterization of a Satellite to the Large Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal. 632 (1): L45–L48. Bibcode:2005ApJ...632L..45B. doi:10.1086/497641. S2CID 119408563. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ Mike Baldwin. "Eris: dwarf planet larger than Pluto". memphisgeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Pholus (minor planet 5145)". David Darling. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ "5145 Pholus (1992 AD)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  9. ↑ "1991 BA". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  10. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(5040) Rabinowitz". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 434. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4907. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  11. ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  12. ↑ Life After Grief: An Astrological Guide to Dealing with Loss, by Darrelyn Gunzburg, 2004
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