NASA Science's reference page on the dwarf planet Eris, covering its 2005 discovery at Palomar Observatory.
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NASA Science - Eris (Dwarf Planets)
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Eris was discovered on Jan. 5, 2005, from data obtained on Oct. 21, 2003, during a Palomar Observatory survey of the outer solar system by Mike Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology; Chad Trujillo of the Gemini Observatory; and David Rabinowitz of Yale University.
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