Chad Trujillo

Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo (English: Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) is an American astronomer who is engaged in research on the Kuiper Belt and the outer solar system. He currently works at Northern Arizona University in Arizona. Trujillo received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from MIT in 1995 and is a member of the Xi branch of the TEP organization. In 2000, he obtained a PhD in astronomy from the University of Hawaii and was a doctoral research scholar at the California Institute of Technology from 2000 to 2003. From 2013 to 2016, he worked at the Gemini North Observatory in Hawaii. Currently teaches at Northern Arizona University. Trujillo discovered a number of trans-Neptunian objects, including: Asteroid 50000 Quaol (co-discovered with Brown) Asteroid 90377 "Sedna" (discovered with Brown and Rabinowitz) may be the first known inner Oort cloud object. Asteroid 90482 (discovered with Brown and Rabinowitz) Eris (discovered with Brown and Rabinowitz): A trans-Neptunian object larger than Pluto.