LOS ANGELES — A distant, icy rock whose discovery shook up the solar system and led to Pluto’s demise as a planet has been given a name: Eris. The christening of Eris, named after the Greek goddess of ...
LOS ANGELES – A distant, icy rock whose discovery shook up the solar system and led to Pluto's planetary demise has been given a name: Eris. The christening of Eris, named after the Greek goddess of ...
The dwarf planet formerly known as Xena received a new name Thursday, while Pluto was given a number to reflect the loss of its status as a planet. Michael E. Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy ...
(Above: An artist concept of the dwarf planet Eris. The sun is the small star in the distance. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech) (WHTM) — In 2005 the team of Mike Brown, Chad Trujillo and David Rabinowitz ...
Local playwright Elizabeth Schell contacted planetary astronomy professor Michael E. Brown — the scientist who discovered dwarf planet Eris in 2005 — to tell him she'd penned Pluto v. Eris: The Trial ...
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