Michael E. Brown

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American planetary astronomer

United States ScientistsBorn 1965 · age 61

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Michael E. Brown is an American astronomer, who has been professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003.

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2012Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

2001Harold C. Urey Prize

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Konstantin BatyginAlso in Pluto and Beyond (2019)

Sara SeagerAlso won Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

Andrei LindeAlso won Kavli Prize in Astrophysics Brett J. GladmanAlso won Harold C. Urey Prize

Rainer WeissAlso won Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

David Clifford JewittAlso won Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

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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.

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