Historical Events tagged with "Palomar Observatory"
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Space Exploration
Astronomers Reveal Dwarf Planet Eris Discovery
July 29th, 2005 19 years ago
Astronomers announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet named Eris, located in the scattered disc region of the solar system. Discovered by a team led by Mike Brown at the Palomar Observatory in California, Eris is slightly smaller than Pluto but has more mass. The discovery has significant implications for the classification of celestial bodies and the understanding of the outer solar system, as Eris was found to be a part of the same group that includes other trans-Neptunian objects.
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