Comments on Mike Brown's Planets: Changing my world

Nice article, thanks for sharing.

2010-10-03T23:55:39.539-07:00

Nice article, thanks for sharing.

Too busy writing/preparing Your book leading to th...

2010-09-20T08:09:57.401-07:00

Too busy writing/preparing Your book leading to the events of IAU 2006 we suppose?
We're looking forward to the book!

Great story, i love hearing about the actual disco...

2010-07-15T20:01:06.120-07:00

Great story, i love hearing about the actual discoveries being made! I have to second Peter Berett's idea, an amateur planet hunter's club is genius

I know a brilliant philosopher and astronomer who ...

2010-07-13T13:32:55.051-07:00

I know a brilliant philosopher and astronomer who contributed a lot in the field of astronomy and philosophy. He’s name was Guillermo Haro.
Guillermo Haro was very famous, and at the same time, very influential in the development of astronomy in Mexico, not only because of his own astronomical research but also by helping in the promotion of the development of new institutions for astronomy. Moreover, he defined modern astrophysical research in Mexico where he paved the way to various initial lines of research and established general scientific policies.

are you still alive,...6 months no response? Pavel...

2010-06-14T23:20:58.372-07:00

are you still alive,...6 months no response?
Pavel

Mike, I like your writing style too;.... It is th...

2010-05-29T00:37:32.076-07:00

Mike,

I like your writing style too;.... It is the real deal. I am not from an astronomy background, but definitely from a data and discovery and "mining" / discovery and categorization background.

It takes a lot of Model development .... After your Intuitions had been Formed first. During the supposed calling in the modeling stage... (both of the refinement of your intuitional areas of that model and in it/.... But also including the model itself, names, and characteristics or definitions of it... I assume it works like space too. ;) =].

I'm a programmer; Thanks.

MattK

Is there hope for some new article in this series...

2010-05-22T11:15:49.022-07:00

Is there hope for some new article
in this series, soon? January 5 is long ago...

Hello Mike, I realize this is an old thread so I a...

2010-05-18T18:41:40.190-07:00

Hello Mike, I realize this is an old thread so I apologize, (though I do miss the updates! I'm a big fan), but do you or anyone here know the best place(s) to get updates on surveys in the southern hemisphere, such as the one David Rabinowitz is conducting, etc.?

like ur writing style..it's the real deal. jus...

2010-05-14T14:09:52.938-07:00

like ur writing style..it's the real deal. just keep on writing...

very very interesting article.... n it need a lot ...

2010-03-19T03:41:48.068-07:00

very very interesting article.... n it need a lot of re-search work and hard work.really awesome

Just stumbled onto this page after poking around f...

2010-03-14T21:29:44.510-07:00

Just stumbled onto this page after poking around for Pluto stuff..(Just watched the national Geographic Planet series...awesome stuff!)

Keep up the good work Professor Brown.

DW Rivait, Osaka Japan.

Happy Birthday, Pluto! Don't let those whippe...

2010-02-18T19:44:00.611-08:00

Happy Birthday, Pluto! Don't let those whippersnapper KBO's ruin your retirement.

Hi, just wanted to say I'm enjoying your blog-...

2010-02-06T11:09:44.183-08:00

Hi, just wanted to say I'm enjoying your blog- I've just found it whilst researching for my own (http://blogstronomy.blogspot.com/) and it's dragged me somewhat off-topic!

Stories about a "planet X" coming close ...

2010-01-26T19:13:12.060-08:00

Stories about a "planet X" coming close to the Earth and causing disaster were widely circulated online years ago. "Doomsday" was supposed to happen in 2003 and many reported knowing about or seeing this supposed brown dwarf which in reality doesn't exist. When 2003 passed with nothing happening, all the "planet X" predictions then targeted 2012 as the "real" doomsday.

Thought it might be a rival team like the conflict...

2010-01-26T13:12:59.613-08:00

Thought it might be a rival team like the conflict over Haumea. If not, is it the 2012 crowd or maybe the astrologers?

I believe I would chalk that up to people desperat...

2010-01-26T12:11:31.659-08:00

I believe I would chalk that up to people desperately trying to sound important by making up crazy stories!

Buzz on the Twitterverse is that knowledge of the ...

2010-01-26T11:52:33.818-08:00

Buzz on the Twitterverse is that knowledge of the discovery of 2003 UB313 (Eris) somehow was leaked immediately in early Jan. 2005 and that many more people knew about it than you or anyone else thought. Any suspicions about where the leak was?

Any thoughts as to why no one has discovered anoth...

2010-01-08T21:10:42.436-08:00

Any thoughts as to why no one has discovered another Sedna-like object? Another one of my hopes for WISE is that it find us a few more "sednoids." :-)

--Greg

I believe that babies and dwarf planets come in sp...

2010-01-08T10:09:44.980-08:00

I believe that babies and dwarf planets come in spurts. I'm still searching....

Collectively, we did not get a Planet Lilah. Wher...

2010-01-08T09:44:01.313-08:00

Collectively, we did not get a Planet Lilah. Where is Baby #2 that caused the name change stir? : )~

Your great discoveries so far are tied tightly to Lilah's natal planets. You need to look at 11Leo, 17Aquarius, and 10Pisces (best bet) to the gaps.

K

Eris was cool because it shook up our view of the ...

2010-01-06T10:22:33.233-08:00

Eris was cool because it shook up our view of the solar system in ways not seen for generations.

But, yes, I actually like Sedna more because it's weird little red world orbiting way, way out there.

Congratulations Eris, on your birthday and to you, Professor Brown for keeping the outer solar system interesting.

Sedna turned out to be, I still believe, the mo...

2010-01-06T00:32:09.051-08:00
Sedna turned out to be, I still believe, the most important scientific discovery that came out of all of my searching of the outer solar system.

On risk of upsetting Eris on her "birthday" (and if we follow mythology, one should never upset Eris at any party) I must agree with you.

However Eris was pretty cool too, specially for the turmoil it raised. As amateur passive receiver of such exciting news, I really miss those exciting years of expanding horizons.

Though I'm pretty sure that not nearly as much as you do.

Thanks to you and your team for a great work in any case.

And sincerely, I wonder when will the trail of Sedna leads to yet another exciting discovery. I just hope it doesn't take as long as the trail of Pluto did.

Interesting article Professor Mike No doubt you h...

2010-01-05T22:12:40.924-08:00
Interesting article Professor Mike

No doubt you have searched through all the photos looking for objects "out there". Is there some way that amateurs like myself can get access to these photos online to look for stuff that may have been missed? I know that one can do this with the Soho observatory. What about the observatory(s) you have used? Are the photso publicly available? Can we amateur sleuths go planet hunting too from the luxury of our desktops? Perhaps you could organise an amateur planet hunter's club to facilitate extra analysis and checking of the source data/photos in the hope of uncovering extra objects?

Regards Peter