Mike Brown
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Author, Professor of Planetary Astronomy
Notes:
• Author of the book "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
• Huntsville native graduate of Grissom High School.
• Asteroid 11714 Mike Brown, discovered on April 28, 1998, was named in his honor.
• His team discovered many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), including the dwarf planet Eris, the only known TNO more massive than Pluto.
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| Born: | June 5, 1965, Huntsville, AL |
Notes:
• Author of the book "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
• Huntsville native graduate of Grissom High School.
• Asteroid 11714 Mike Brown, discovered on April 28, 1998, was named in his honor.
• His team discovered many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), including the dwarf planet Eris, the only known TNO more massive than Pluto.
Related Links:
• Caltech - Web Site
• Mike Brown's planets: Pluto - Significant blog post about Pluto
• Mike Brown's planets: Posts - Blog
• New York Times: 10 Planets? - Article by Kenneth Chang
• New York Times: Pluto - Funny article about Eris and Pluto by Kenneth Ghang, January 20, 2011
• Time Magazine - Brown was named one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2006 (Originally found at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187237,00.html.)
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• Wikipedia: Bio - Bio
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