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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Michael E. Brown -Born June 5th, 1965-Grew up in Huntsville, Alabama-Graduated from Virgil I. Grissom High School in 1983-Earned Bachelor of Arts in physics in 1987 from Princeton University-Earned M.A. in astronomy in 1990 and Ph.D. in 1994 from the University of California, Berkley -Married Dianne Binneyin March, 2003-Daughter Lilah Binney Brown in July, 2005-Currently works as a professor at Caltech, teaching a variety of science-based subjects Discoveries & Achievements- Discovered the dwarf planet, Eris,which was larger than Pluto-The discovery of Eris led to reclassifying of Pluto as a planetoid -Most famous for "killing Pluto," as itwas no longer considered part of the original 9 planets-Brown's achievements were primarily in learning more about dwarf planets andtrans-Neptunian objects-Brown has also written over 100 scientific essays, been published inthe NY Times, and wrote a memoir in2010 -An asteroid (Asteroid 11714) was named Mikebrown in his honor-He was named one of the 100 most influential people in 2006 from Time Magazine-Awarded the Richard P. Feynman Award from Caltech in 2007-Won the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics in 2012 Who Else is in the Michael E. Brown Circle?-Adam Burgasser (colleague at Caltech)-Jean-Luc Margot (professor at UCLA)-Chad Trujillo (co-discoverer of Eris)-Marc Kuchner (staff member at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)- Antonin Bouchez (Caltech graduate)- Emily Schaller (Caltech graduate and staff member of NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility)-Darin Ragozzine (Caltech graduate)-Megan Schwamb (Caltech graduate) I may go down in history as the guy who killed Pluto. Michael E. Brown Finding out that something you have just discovered is considered all but impossible is one of the joys of science. Michael Brown Finding out that something you have just discovered is considered all but impossible is one of the joys of science. - Michael Brown
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