Chad Trujillo

NAU’s Trujillo on team discovering farthest solar system object ever seen

Posted by on January 4, 2019

Jan. 4, 2019

A team of astronomers, including Northern Arizona University scientist Chad Trujillo, earlier this week announced their discovery of an object at about 120 astronomical units (AU) from Earth—the farthest observed object in the solar system. One AU represents the distance between the Earth and the Sun, approximately 93 million miles.

Nicknamed “Farout” by the discovery team—and formally designated 2018 VG18 by the International… Read more

NAU astronomer on team that discovered 12 new moons of Jupiter

Posted by on July 20, 2018

 

Moons of Jupiter Illustration

The Carnegie Institution for Science recently announced the discovery of 12 new moons of Jupiter, bringing the total number of moons orbiting the solar system’s largest planet to 79—a finding that has garnered international media coverage, including NBC News, The Washington Post, BBC, the New York Times, CNN and NPR.

The discovery team, led by Carnegie astronomer Scott Sheppard,… Read more

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