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

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi, Ron, List,

    Brown's website is already giving Ortiz credit for 2003 EL61, in the official discoverer sense. Ortiz
announced first; end of story.
    Besides, Brown has a bunch of "planets" of his own AND all those bottles of champagne to drink...

Sterling Webb
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Ron Baalke wrote:

> >
> > 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