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'''David Lincoln Rabinowitz''' (born 1960) is an American [[astronomer]], discoverer of [[minor planet]]s and researcher at [[Yale University]].

== Career ==
David Rabinowitz has built [[Charge-coupled device|CCD]] cameras and software for the detection of [[near-Earth object|near-Earth]] and [[Kuiper belt]] objects,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hepwww.physics.yale.edu/quest/sedna/david_rabinowitz.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106023500/http://hepwww.physics.yale.edu/quest/sedna/david_rabinowitz.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2005 |title=David Rabinowitz overview }}</ref> and his research has helped reduce the assumed number of near-Earth asteroids larger than 1&nbsp;km by half, from 1,000–2,000 to 500–1,000.<ref name="NASA-population-count" /> He has also assisted in the detection of distant solar system objects, [[supernova]]e, and [[quasar]]s, 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 E. Brown|Michael Brown]] and [[Chad Trujillo]] of the [[Quasar Equatorial Survey Team]], he has participated in the discovery of several possible [[dwarf planet]]s such as [[90377 Sedna]] (possibly the first known inner [[Oort cloud]] object), [[90482 Orcus]],<ref name="Orcus-BBC" /> [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]] (more massive than [[Pluto]]<ref name="Brown-2007" />), {{dp|Haumea}},<ref name="Brown-2005" /> and {{dp|Makemake}},<ref name="Makemake-memphisgeology" /> 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 object]]s including [[5145 Pholus]]<ref name="daviddarling" /> – a [[Centaur (minor planet)|Centaur]], credited by the [[Minor Planet Center|MPC]] to [[Spacewatch]]<ref name="MPC-Pholus" />– and the unnumbered Apollo near-Earth object [[1991&nbsp;BA]], which remains uncredited.<ref name="MPC-1991 BA" />

== Awards and honors ==

The minor planet [[5040 Rabinowitz]], a [[Phocaea family|Phocaea]] asteroid discovered by Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in 1972, was named in his honor and for his work at Spacewatch.<ref name="springer" />

== 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 planet]]s during 1989–2010.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 89%; float: left; width: 26em; margin-right: 1em; height: 280px;
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| '''[[90377 Sedna]]''' || 14 November 2003 || {{LoMP|90377|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[90482 Orcus]]''' || February 17, 2004 || {{LoMP|90482|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''{{mpl|(120178) 2003 OP|32}}''' || July 26, 2003 || {{LoMP|120178|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''{{mpl|(120348) 2004 TY|364}}''' || October 3, 2004 || {{LoMP|120348|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[136199 Eris]]''' || October 21, 2003 || {{LoMP|136199|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[136472 Makemake]]''' || March 31, 2005 || {{LoMP|136472|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''{{mpl|(175113) 2004 PF|115}}''' || August 7, 2004 || {{LoMP|175113|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| {{mp|(187661) 2007 JG|43}} || May 10, 2007 || {{LoMP|187661|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| '''[[225088 Gonggong]]''' || July 17, 2007 || {{LoMP|225088|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| '''[[229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà]]''' || July 17, 2007 || {{LoMP|229762|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 89%; float: left; width: 26em; margin-right: 1em; height: 280px;
|-
| {{mp|(305543) 2008 QY|40}} || August 25, 2008 || {{LoMP|305543|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| {{mp|(312645) 2010 EP|65}} || March 9, 2010 || {{LoMP|312645|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| '''{{mpl|(316179) 2010 EN|65}}''' || March 7, 2010 || {{LoMP|316179|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(349933) 2009 YF|7}} || December 19, 2009 || {{LoMP|349933|list}}
|-
| {{mp|(353222) 2009 YD|7}} || December 16, 2009 || {{LoMP|353222|list}}
|-
| {{mp|(382004) 2010 RM|64}} || September 9, 2010 || {{LoMP|382004|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| '''{{mpl|(386723) 2009 YE|7}}''' || December 17, 2009 || {{LoMP|386723|list}}
|-
| '''{{mpl|(445473) 2010 VZ|98}}''' || November 11, 2010 || {{LoMP|445473|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(471136) 2010 EO|65}} || March 9, 2010 || {{LoMP|471136|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(471137) 2010 ET|65}} || March 13, 2010 || {{LoMP|471137|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|}
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| {{mp|(471149) 2010 FB|49}} || March 17, 2010 || {{LoMP|471149|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(471150) 2010 FC|49}} || March 18, 2010 || {{LoMP|471150|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(471151) 2010 FD|49}} || March 19, 2010 || {{LoMP|471151|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(471152) 2010 FE|49}} || March 19, 2010 || {{LoMP|471152|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(471155) 2010 GF|65}} || April 14, 2010 || {{LoMP|471155|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(471172) 2010 JC|80}} || May 12, 2010 || {{LoMP|471172|list}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(471196) 2010 PK|66}} || August 14, 2010 || {{LoMP|471196|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(471210) 2010 VW|11}} || November 3, 2010 || {{LoMP|471210|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| {{mp|(496816) 1989 UP}} || October 27, 1989 || {{LoMP|496816|list}}{{ref label|codisc|E|}}
|-
| {{mp|(499522) 2010 PL|66}} || August 14, 2010 || {{LoMP|499522|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 89%; float: left; width: 26em; margin-right: 1em;
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| {{mp|(504555) 2008 SO|266}} || September 24, 2008 || {{LoMP|504555|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| {{mp|(523618) 2007 RT|15}} || September 11, 2007 || {{LoMP|523618|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| {{mp|(523629) 2008 SP|266}} || September 26, 2008 || {{LoMP|523629|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| {{mp|(528381) 2008 ST|291}} || September 24, 2008 || {{LoMP|523629|list}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
! colspan=3 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; padding: 4px 12px;" |'''Co-discovery''' made with:<br />{{note label|codisc|A|}} [[Michael E. Brown|M. E. Brown]]<br />{{note label|codisc|B|}} [[Chad Trujillo|C. Trujillo]]<br />{{note label|codisc|C|}} [[Megan Schwamb|M. E. Schwamb]]<br />{{note label|codisc|D|}} [[Suzanne W. Tourtellotte|S. Tourtellotte]]<br />{{note label|codisc|E|}} [[James V. Scotti|J. V. Scotti]]
|}
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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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tT3eNG1sbdwC&dq=%22David+L.+Rabinowitz%22&pg=PA223 Life After Grief: An Astrological Guide to Dealing with Loss, by Darrelyn Gunzburg, 2004]</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="Brown-2007">{{Cite journal
  |first1     = Michael E. |last1 = Brown
  |first2     = Emily L. |last2 = Schaller
  |s2cid = 21468196
 |date       = June 2007
  |title      = The Mass of Dwarf Planet Eris
  |journal    = Science
  |volume     = 316
  |issue      = 5831
  |page       = 1585
  |bibcode    = 2007Sci...316.1585B
  |doi        = 10.1126/science.1139415
  |pmid       = 17569855
  |url = https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121001-135149660
 }}</ref>

<ref name="Brown-2005">{{Cite journal
  |display-authors = 6
  |first1     = M. E. |last1 = Brown
  |first2     = A. H. |last2 = Bouchez
  |first3     = D. |last3 = Rabinowitz
  |first4     = R. |last4 = Sari
  |first5     = C. A. |last5 = Trujillo
  |first6     = M. |last6 = van Dam
  |first7     = R. |last7 = Campbell
  |first8     = J. |last8 = Chin
  |first9     = S. |last9 = Hartman
  |first10    = E. |last10 = Johansson
  |first11    = R. |last11 = Lafon
  |first12    = D. |last12 = Le Mignant
  |first13    = P. |last13 = Stomski
  |first14    = D. |last14 = Summers
  |first15    = P. |last15 = Wizinowich
  |date       = October 2005
  |title      = Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Discovery and Characterization of a Satellite to the Large Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61
  |url        = http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/papers/ps/EL61.pdf
  |journal    = The Astrophysical Journal
  |volume     = 632
  |issue      = 1
  |pages      = L45–L48
  |bibcode    = 2005ApJ...632L..45B 
  |doi        = 10.1086/497641
  |s2cid = 119408563 |access-date= October 16, 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="Makemake-memphisgeology">{{cite web
 |title        = Eris: dwarf planet larger than Pluto
 |publisher    = memphisgeology
 |author       = Mike Baldwin
 |url          = http://memphisgeology.org/sg_eris.htm
 |access-date  = July 1, 2016
|archive-date = March 13, 2017
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170313102111/http://www.memphisgeology.org/sg_eris.htm
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="NASA-population-count">{{cite web
 |title        = Asteroid population count slashed
 |publisher    = [[NASA]]
 |author       = Jane Platt
 |date         = January 12, 2000
|url          = https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2000/neat.html
 |access-date  = July 1, 2016
|archive-date = March 19, 2022
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20220319202055/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2000/neat.html
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="Orcus-BBC">{{cite web
  |title      = New world found far beyond Pluto
  |date       = March 3, 2004
|author     = David Whitehouse
  |publisher  = BBC News - Science/Nature
  |url        = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3506329.stm
  |access-date = July 1, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="daviddarling">{{cite web
  |title      = Pholus (minor planet 5145)
  |publisher  = David Darling
  |url        = http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/Pholus.html
  |access-date = July 1, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Discoverers">{{cite web
  |title      = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
  |date       = May 24, 2019
|access-date = May 27, 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Pholus">{{cite web
  |title      = 5145 Pholus (1992 AD)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=5145
  |access-date = July 1, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-1991 BA">{{cite web
  |title      = 1991 BA
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1991+BA
  |access-date = July 1, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="springer">{{cite book
  |last       = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
  |title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher  = [[Springer Berlin Heidelberg]]
  |page       = 434
  |date       = 2007
  |isbn       = 978-3-540-00238-3
  |doi       = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4907 |chapter       = (5040) Rabinowitz }}</ref>

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