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News
Dwarf planet 2003 EL61 finally gets a name!
After 3 years of limbo and controversy, 2003 EL61, the fifth "official" dwarf planet, now is named Haumea, after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility. The two satellites are named after two of the children of Haumea, Hi'iaka and Namaka. You can read part of the story of why it took three years here.Upcoming public lectures
I will be giving the Aaronson Memorial Lecture at the University
of Arizona in Tucson on the 21st of November. The
lecture is free and open to the public.
The Universe: Cosmic Collisions
See Mike and grad student Darin Ragozzine on The Universe (available in reruns or iTunes ) on the History Channel, discussing the giant impact that formed 2003 EL61.
The Science Show
Hear Robyn Williams interview Mike Brown on The Science Show on Radio National, Australia (or read the transcript)
People
Emily Schaller, former student in the planetary astronomy group at Caltech, is now Dr. Emily Schaller, a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Astronomy in Hawaii. Congratulations Emily!
Mike Brown, Professor of Planetary Astronomy at Caltech, is now Mike Brown, the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy at Caltech thanks to the generosity of Dick and Barbara Rosenberg, long time supporters of Caltech.
Mike Brown's Planets
Read Mike Brown's Planets , a weekly column about space and science, planets (full and dwarf), the sun and the moon and the stars, and the joys and frustrations of search, discovery, and life.
The Planet Hunter
A new children's book by Liz
Rusch called
The Planet Hunter: The Story Behind What Happened to Pluto
The book includes, amazingly, drawings of my childhood dog, my green 1965 VW bug, and, best of all, a drawing of my daughter as she might look when she is a few years older.
Contact
Mike BrownDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Mail Stop 150-21
Pasadena, CA 91125
626-395-8423
mbrown@caltech.edu