# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-e-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:12:01.535Z

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name: "Michael E. Brown"
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description: "Michael E. Brown is an American astronomer, who has been professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003. His team has discovered many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), including the dwarf planet Eris, which was originally thought to be bigger than Pluto, triggering a debate on the definition of a planet."
tagline: "American planetary astronomer"
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birthDate: "1965-06-05"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump