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Discoveries by Chad Trujillo

  • HaumeaOn the 28th of December 2004, a team led by Mike Brown at Caltech spotted the object that would become Haumea. They captured images on the 6th of May 2004…
  • Dysnomia (moon)On the 10th of September 2005, astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii spotted a faint point of light orbiting the distant dwarf planet Eris.
  • MakemakeOn the 31st of March 2005, astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz captured images of a faint point of light using the 1.22-meter…
  • 2012 VP113On the 5th of November 2012, astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo spotted a faint point of light through NOAO's 4-meter Víctor M.
  • Eris (dwarf planet)On the 5th of January 2005, a team led by Mike Brown at Palomar Observatory announced the discovery of Eris. The object had actually been captured in images…
  • 541132 LeleākūhonuaAstronomers David Tholen, Chad Trujillo and Scott Sheppard spotted a faint point of light on the 13th of October 2015. They were using the Subaru Telescope…