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  2. Eris (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia

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    Eris was discovered by the team of Mike Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz [2] on January 5, 2005, from images taken on October 21, 2003. [31] The discovery was announced on July 29, 2005, the same day as Makemake and two days after Haumea, [32] due in part to events that would later lead to controversy about Haumea.

  3. Dysnomia (moon) - Wikipedia

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    Dysnomia (formally (136199) Eris I Dysnomia) is the only known moon of the dwarf planet Eris and is the second-largest known moon of a dwarf planet, after Pluto I Charon.It was discovered in September 2005 by Mike Brown and the Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGSAO) team at the W. M. Keck Observatory.

  4. Meanings of minor-planet names: 136001–137000 - Wikipedia

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    2003 UH 287: John P. Andrews (born 1963) is a research and development director for Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He served as the Project Manager for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. JPL · 136197: 136199 Eris: 2003 UB 313: Eris, from Greek mythology, the goddess of discord and strife.

  5. Timeline of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Mike Brown and his team discovered Eris a large body in the outer Solar System [25] which was temporarily named as (2003) UB 313. Initially, it appeared larger than Pluto and was called the tenth planet.

  6. Planets beyond Neptune - Wikipedia

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    His calculations predicted a mean distance for Brahma of 38.95 AU and an orbital period of 242.28 Earth years (3:4 resonance with Neptune). When Pluto was discovered 19 years later, its mean distance of 39.48 AU and orbital period of 248 Earth years were close to Ketakar's prediction (Pluto in fact has a 2:3 resonance with Neptune). Ketakar ...

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  8. Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons

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    The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...

  9. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/2003 UB313 artist's ...

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