[meteorite-list] TWO new Kuiper belt objects today?

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Jul 30 02:08:35 2005
Message-ID: <200507300607.j6U67fl26280_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> Were there two KBOs announced today, or just one under two numbers? There seems to be confusion on
> the point.
>

There were three new large KBOs announced: 2003 EL61, 2003 UB313,
and 2005 KY9.

All three were discovered by Mike Brown's team, and were in fact
being observed for several months. Yesterday's announcement was
about 2003 EL61, independently discovered by the group in Spain.

Ron Baalke
Received on Sat 30 Jul 2005 02:07:41 AM PDT