
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Dr. Brown (whose discovery of dwarf planet Eris led to the reclassification of Pluto) discusses the history of planetary discovery (and demotion), why we think a new, larger Planet 9 is on the verge of being found, and the techniques that we are using to try to find this very faint body lurking in the far reaches of our planetary system. This was recorded Nov. 11, 2020.
By Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures4.7
1212 ratings
Dr. Brown (whose discovery of dwarf planet Eris led to the reclassification of Pluto) discusses the history of planetary discovery (and demotion), why we think a new, larger Planet 9 is on the verge of being found, and the techniques that we are using to try to find this very faint body lurking in the far reaches of our planetary system. This was recorded Nov. 11, 2020.

351 Listeners

1,357 Listeners

313 Listeners

829 Listeners

2,873 Listeners

563 Listeners

228 Listeners

1,065 Listeners

2,340 Listeners

317 Listeners

392 Listeners

101 Listeners

137 Listeners

53 Listeners

510 Listeners