Discoveries by Michael E. Brown
28 entries in the Discoveries by Michael E. Brown compendium.
Michael E. BrownAstronomer whose discoveries led to Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet.(5587) 1990 SBUnnamed Amor asteroid with retrograde spin and elongated shape.(126154) 2001 YH140Minor planet 126154 in the partial list 126001–127000.(126155) 2001 YJ140A minor planet in the 126001–127000 numerical range.(307251) 2002 KW14Minor planet 307251 in the 307001–308000 listing.(119951) 2002 KX14A flattened Kuiper belt object with a possible large moon.(250112) 2002 KY14Minor planet 250112 in the 250001–251000 range.(523597) 2002 QX47Unnamed minor planet in the 523001–524000 range.(303775) 2005 QU182Large scattered-disc object with carbon dioxide ice surface.(187661) 2007 JG43Minor planet 187661 in the 187001–188000 range.(315530) 2008 AP129A trans-Neptunian object possibly belonging to the Haumea family.(305543) 2008 QY40A minor planet in the 305001–306000 numerical range.(528381) 2008 ST291A distant resonant object with a nearly millennium-long orbit.208996 AchlysThird-largest plutino, elongated by rapid rotation.(504555) 2008 SO266Minor planet in the 504501–504600 range.(523618) 2007 RT15Minor planet 523618, discovered in 2007, listed in IAU catalog.(523629) 2008 SP266Unnamed minor planet in the 523001–524000 range.65489 CetoBinary trans-Neptunian object named after a Greek sea goddess.Dysnomia (moon)Only known moon of dwarf planet Eris, second-largest dwarf planet moon.Gonggong (dwarf planet)A red dwarf planet in the scattered disc beyond Neptune.HaumeaDwarf planet beyond Neptune with a ring system and rapid rotation.Hiʻiaka (moon)Larger outer moon of dwarf planet Haumea, composed of crystalline water ice.Linus (moon)Large moon of asteroid 22 Kalliope, discovered in 2001.MakemakeDwarf planet in the Kuiper belt discovered in 2005.307261 MániLarge Kuiper belt object named for the Moon personification.Namaka (moon)Inner, smaller moon of dwarf planet Haumea.Orcus (dwarf planet)A Kuiper belt dwarf planet and the second-largest plutino.QuaoarRinged dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt with an unstable ring system.
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