Renu Malhotra

Renu Malhotra
Born1961 (age 62–63)
New Delhi, India
Alma materIIT Delhi (MS)
Cornell University (PhD)
Known forPlanet migration in the Solar system
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Arizona
Doctoral advisorStanley Dermott
Websitehttps://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~renu/

Renu Malhotra (born 1961) is an American planetary scientist from India, known for using the orbital resonance between Pluto and Neptune to infer large-scale orbital migration of the giant planets and to predict the existence of Plutinos in resonance with Neptune. The asteroid 6698 Malhotra was named for her on 14 December 1997 (M.P.C. 31025).[1][2] She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the co-discovery of (455206) 2001 FE193, a trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt.

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