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Michael E. Brown
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American planetary astronomer
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- Born
- 1959-10-29
- Works
- 46
Top works
- The Rise of China (International Security Readers)
- Gender and Security Agenda
- Offense, Defense, and War
- Ethnic Conflict and International Security
- Grave New World
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 85,293x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,759x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,924x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,617x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,975x
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Quotes
- “I may go down in history as the guy who killed Pluto.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-06-05 ) June 5, 1965 (age 60) , Huntsville, Alabama , U.S.
- Education
- Princeton University ( AB ) , UC Berkeley ( MA , PhD )
- Known for
- Discovery of Eris and other trans-Neptunian objects , How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
- Spouse
- Diane Binney ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2003-03-01</span>"}]]}'>2003 )
- Fields
- Planetary astronomy
- Doctoral students
- Chad Trujillo , Marc Kuchner , Megan Schwamb , Konstantin Batygin
- Website
- mikebrown .caltech .edu
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown
- Image
- Michael E Brown 1.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1965-06-05
- official blog URL
- www.mikebrownsplanets.com
- social media followers
- 1921
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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. He is the author of How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming, published in 2010. He was awarded the Kavli Prize (shared with Jane Luu and David C. Jewitt) in 2012 "for discovering and characterizing the Kuiper belt and its largest members, work that led to a major advance in the understanding of the history of our planetary system."