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José Luis Ortiz Moreno is an astronomer
Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies Celestial body such as planets, stars, and Galaxy.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws....
, and former Vicedirector of Technology at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

The Instituto de Astrof?sica de Andaluc?a is an astrophysics-related research institute funded by the High Council of Scientific Research of the Spanish government Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient?ficas , and is located in Granada, Spain, Andalusia, Spain....
 (IAA), Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. He leads a team working on minor solar system objects
Minor planet

An asteroid group or minor planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid....
 at the Sierra Nevada Observatory
Sierra Nevada Observatory

The Observatorio de Sierra Nevada is located at Loma de Dilar in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada, established in 1847....
 in Granada
Granada

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
, Spain.

On July 29, 2005, Ortiz announced the discovery of the dwarf planet
Dwarf planet

A dwarf planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union , is a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but has not Clearing the neighbourhood of planetesimals and is not a natural satellite....
 , which went by the temporary designation .

Michael E. Brown
Michael E. Brown

Michael E. Brown has been a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology since 2003. He was previously an associate professor at Caltech from 2002-2003 and an assistant professor at Caltech from 1997?2002....
 and his team at Caltech had also had been observing Haumea, and for a longer period of time than Ortiz, but had withheld publication pending securing its orbital parameters.






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José Luis Ortiz Moreno is an astronomer
Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies Celestial body such as planets, stars, and Galaxy.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws....
, and former Vicedirector of Technology at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

The Instituto de Astrof?sica de Andaluc?a is an astrophysics-related research institute funded by the High Council of Scientific Research of the Spanish government Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient?ficas , and is located in Granada, Spain, Andalusia, Spain....
 (IAA), Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. He leads a team working on minor solar system objects
Minor planet

An asteroid group or minor planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid....
 at the Sierra Nevada Observatory
Sierra Nevada Observatory

The Observatorio de Sierra Nevada is located at Loma de Dilar in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada, established in 1847....
 in Granada
Granada

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
, Spain.

On July 29, 2005, Ortiz announced the discovery of the dwarf planet
Dwarf planet

A dwarf planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union , is a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but has not Clearing the neighbourhood of planetesimals and is not a natural satellite....
 , which went by the temporary designation .

Michael E. Brown
Michael E. Brown

Michael E. Brown has been a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology since 2003. He was previously an associate professor at Caltech from 2002-2003 and an assistant professor at Caltech from 1997?2002....
 and his team at Caltech had also had been observing Haumea, and for a longer period of time than Ortiz, but had withheld publication pending securing its orbital parameters. Brown initially supported Ortiz and his team being given credit for the discovery. However, he withdrew that support when it turned out that Ortiz had accessed Brown's public observation logs and research just before announcing the discovery. Ortiz maintained that he only did so to see if this was the same object that his team had been tracking. The IAU
IAU

IAU may refer to:*International Astronomical Union*International American University*International Association of Universities*International Association of Ultra Runners for ultramarathoners....
 did not award credit to either party, but listed the Spanish observatory as the place of discovery, and accepted the Caltech suggested name of Haumea rather than Ortiz's Ataecina.

External links and references

  • , The New York Times, September 13, 2005
  • , NewScientist.com, September 21, 2005