Curated category
Discoveries by Michael E. Brown
- HaumeaOn the 28th of December 2004, a team led by Mike Brown at Caltech spotted the object that would become Haumea. They captured images on the 6th of May 2004…
- 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.
- Namaka (moon)Michael E. Brown spotted a faint smudge of light in high-resolution images taken by the Keck II telescope on the 1st of March, the 28th of May, and the 30th…
- Hiʻiaka (moon)Michael E. Brown spotted the moon on the 26th of January 2005 using adaptive optics at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
- 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…
- Michael E. BrownMichael E. Brown was born on the 5th of June 1965 in Alabama. He grew up in Huntsville and graduated from Virgil I. Grissom High School in 1983.