Were there two KBOs announced today, or just one under two numbers? There
seems to be confusion on
the point.
There were three new large KBOs announced: 2003 EL61, 2003 UB313,
and 2005 KY9.
All three were discovered by Mike Brown's team, and were in fact
being observed for several
Hi, Ron, List,
Brown's website is already giving Ortiz credit for 2003 EL61, in the
official discoverer sense. Ortiz
announced first; end of story.
Besides, Brown has a bunch of planets of his own AND all those bottles of
champagne to drink...
Sterling Webb
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:23:39 -0500, Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Yes, there was confusion, proving that even the best science journalists
in the world (New
Scientist, Space.com, etc.) get things as muddled as the cub reporter from
Podunk, Iowa. The
announcements were hasty
Were there two KBOs announced today, or just one under two numbers? There
seems to be confusion on
the point.
There's this one, 2003 UB313:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8760309/
And this one, 2003 EL61:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8756128/
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Answering my own question:
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/index.html
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/2003EL61/
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Hi, Everybody
Actually, it's not two new bodies today, it's THREE!
Yes, there was confusion, proving that even the best science journalists in
the world (New
Scientist, Space.com, etc.) get things as muddled as the cub reporter from
Podunk, Iowa. The
announcements were hasty and
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