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Michael E. Brown

1965 - Today

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Michael E. Brown (born June 5, 1965) is an American astronomer, who has been professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003. His team has discovered many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), including the dwarf planet Eris, which was originally thought to be bigger than Pluto, triggering a debate on the definition of a planet.He has been referred to by himself and by others as the man who "killed Pluto", because he furthered Pluto's being downgraded to a dwarf planet in the aftermath of his discovery of Eris and several other probable trans-Neptunian dwarf planets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael E. Brown has received more than 426,688 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Michael E. Brown is the 404th most popular astronomer (down from 366th in 2019), the 6,424th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,570th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Michael E. Brown ranks 404 out of 531. Before him are Lutz D. Schmadel, Hugo von Seeliger, Richard Schorr, Lyudmila Karachkina, Alfred Schmitt, and Henry L. Giclas. After him are Leo Anton Karl de Ball, Horace W. Babcock, Friedrich Tietjen, Barnaba Oriani, Stéphane Javelle, and Vincenzo Cerulli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Michael E. Brown ranks 204. Before him are Paulina Porizkova, Hailemariam Desalegn, David Reimer, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Rachida Dati, and Shinichirō Watanabe. After him are Andrew Stanton, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, Mia Mottley, Karl Logan, Amedeo Carboni, and Noah Emmerich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael E. Brown ranks 6,424 out of 18,182. Before him are Carol Ann Susi (1952), Bud Cort (1948), Miguel Sandoval (1951), Geraldine Ferraro (1935), Sherrill Milnes (1935), and Russell M. Nelson (1924). After him are Nick Adams (1931), Florence R. Sabin (1871), Scott Caan (1976), Sasha Mitchell (1967), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), and Harold Osborn (1899).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Michael E. Brown ranks 78. Before him are Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Henry E. Holt (1929), Brian Schmidt (1967), Jill Tarter (1944), and Henry L. Giclas (1910). After him are Horace W. Babcock (1912), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Joel Stebbins (1878), William Wilson Morgan (1906), George Herbig (1920), and Edwin Foster Coddington (1870).

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