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Michael E. Brown

1965 - Today

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Michael E. "Mike" Brown (born June 5, 1965) 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. He has been referred to by himself and by others as the man who "killed Pluto", because he furthered Pluto's being downgraded to a dwarf planet in the aftermath of his discovery of Eris and several other probable trans-Neptunian dwarf planets. He is the author of How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming, published in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael E. Brown is the 406th most popular astronomer (up from 457th in 2019), the 5,942nd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,208th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Michael E. Brown ranks 406 out of 644. Before him are Alvan Graham Clark, Henry E. Holt, Dorothea Klumpke, Ludwig Biermann, Geoffrey Burbidge, and Jill Tarter. After him are Bart Bok, Friedrich Tietjen, Georg Marcgrave, John Pond, Eise Eisinga, and Margaret Lindsay Huggins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Michael E. Brown ranks 178. Before him are Cem Özdemir, Yvan Attal, Jonathan Glazer, Mathilda May, Muggsy Bogues, and Vicky Vette. After him are Silas Pereira, Suge Knight, Jocelyn Angloma, Paweł Adamowicz, Shinichirō Watanabe, and Dexter Holland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael E. Brown ranks 5,942 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Silva (1960), Jill Tarter (1944), Stella Stevens (1936), Frank Silva (1950), Charles Drake (1917), and M. C. Gainey (1948). After him are James McCaffrey (1958), LisaGay Hamilton (1964), Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), Edward S. Curtis (1868), Vanessa del Rio (1952), and Richmond K. Turner (1885).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Michael E. Brown ranks 79. Before him are Harold D. Babcock (1882), James Gunn (1938), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Henry E. Holt (1929), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), and Jill Tarter (1944). After him are George Herbig (1920), Herbert Friedman (1916), Henry L. Giclas (1910), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), and Schelte J. Bus (1956).

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