ASTRONOMER

Chad Trujillo

1973 - Today

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Chadwick A. Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) is an American astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and the co-discoverer of Eris, the most massive dwarf planet known in the Solar System. Trujillo works with computer software and has examined the orbits of the numerous trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which is the outer area of the Solar System that he specialized in. In late August 2005, it was announced that Trujillo, along with Michael Brown and David Rabinowitz, had discovered Eris in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chad Trujillo has received more than 136,573 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Chad Trujillo is the 605th most popular astronomer (down from 542nd in 2019), the 13,669th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,041st in 2019) and the 126th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 140k

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  • 38.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Chad Trujillo ranks 605 out of 644. Before him are Françoise Combes, Osamu Muramatsu, Naoto Satō, Masaru Arai, Hiroshi Mori, and Miloš Tichý. After him are James Gunn, William Kwong Yu Yeung, Frank B. Zoltowski, Philip Herbert Cowell, Andrea Boattini, and Brett J. Gladman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Chad Trujillo ranks 506. Before him are Wail al-Shehri, Pablo Pozo, Lisa Raymond, Driulis González, Igor Simutenkov, and Sergey Makarov. After him are Mark Huizinga, Colin Egglesfield, Stephanie Graf, Alexander Beyer, Matt Passmore, and Jenny Thompson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chad Trujillo ranks 13,669 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Parson (1955), Jon Moxley (1985), Major Taylor (1878), Matt Lanter (1983), John Morrison (1979), and Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958). After him are Chris Sanders (1962), Synyster Gates (1981), Joey Lauren Adams (1968), Don Branson (1920), Muriel Bowser (1972), and Kevin Jonas (1987).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Chad Trujillo ranks 126. Before him are Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Adelaide Ames (1900), John Huchra (1948), Jan Kleyna (2000), Dorrit Hoffleit (1907), and Geoffrey Marcy (1954). After him are James Gunn (1938), Jeff T. Alu (1966), David J. Tholen (1955), Matthew J. Holman (1967), Martha P. Haynes (1951), and Amy Mainzer (1974).

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