Historical Events tagged with "iaa"
Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.
Space Exploration
Discovery of Dwarf Planet Eris
January 5th, 2005 20 years ago
Astronomers at Palomar Observatory discovered Eris, a dwarf planet in the outer solar system. Located beyond Pluto, Eris is noteworthy for being one of the largest known dwarf planets and contributed to the debate on what constitutes a planet. Its discovery sparked a reevaluation of planetary definitions by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
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