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Astronomical objects discovered in 2005

  • Dysnomia (moon)On the 10th of September 2005, astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii spotted a faint point of light orbiting the distant dwarf planet Eris.
  • Vanth (moon)On the 13th of November 2005, images from the Hubble Space Telescope revealed a faint dot near the dwarf planet Orcus. Michael Brown and Terry-Ann Suer…
  • MakemakeOn the 31st of March 2005, astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz captured images of a faint point of light using the 1.22-meter…
  • Eris (dwarf planet)On the 5th of January 2005, a team led by Mike Brown at Palomar Observatory announced the discovery of Eris. The object had actually been captured in images…
  • Nix (moon)On the 15th of May 2005, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope captured images that would change our understanding of Pluto.
  • Hydra (moon)On the 15th of May 2005, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope spotted faint points of light near Pluto. These images captured two new moons that had…