Josep Maria Trigo Rodríguez (born 3 July 1970) is a Spanish astronomer, astrophysicist and science writer. His work focuses on the early development of the

Solar System The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Sola ...

. He is the cofounder of the Spanish Meteor Network.

Biography

Trigo Rodríguez was born in

Valencia, Spain Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

. He grew up reading Isaac Asimov, Josep Comas Solà, Camille Flammarion, and Carl Sagan. He studied at

Universidad de Valencia The University of Valencia ( ), shortened to UV, is a public university, public research university in Valencia, Spain. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in Spain, and the oldest in the V ...

where he earned his Ph.D. in 2002. Trigo Rodríguez researched primitive Solar System materials (meteorites) at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics of the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

(UCLA) from 2003 to 2005. In 2011 he is a tenured scientist of the

Spanish National Research Council The Spanish National Research Council (, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and techn ...

(CSIC) at the Institute of Space Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, where he continues to study meteorites and comets and their paths in the solar system. In 2012 the ''Minor Planet Center'' named Main Belt asteroid 8325 Trigo-Rodríguez after him. He is also the head of the Spanish Meteor Network, which watches the skies in order to recover and study meteorites. In 2016 Trigo Rodriguez conducted research on cosmic debris of Martian origin. His study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Sciences."Martian Meteorite That Sparked ‘Primitive Life' Claim Gets a New Look"
''Seeker'', Elizabeth Howell March 17, 2017

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