His Stellar Discovery Is Eclipsed. John Johnson and Thomas H. Maugh.
by Johnson, John; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 60Science. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Asteroids | Astronomers | Astronomy -- Observations | Kuiper Belt | Science -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Michael Brown, a sandy-haired Caltech astronomy professor, had been following a tiny speck of light at the fringes of the solar system for months. Tiny, maybe. Unimportant? Hardly. The object was one of the brightest objects in a distant region of the solar system known as the Kuiper Belt, and Brown knew it was sure to cause a scientific sensation. Just before he was to announce his discovery, an obscure group of Spanish astronomers beat him to the punch, claiming the new planetoid as their own." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) The article reveals that "American researchers said they discovered that the Spaniards, led by Jose Luis Ortiz, used the Internet to peek at computer files showing where Brown was aiming a Chilean telescope. Ortiz argues he has done nothing wrong, and the data he found using the Google search engine should be considered public and thus free to use."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: His Stellar Discovery Is Eclipsed, Oct. 16, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Michael Brown, a sandy-haired Caltech astronomy professor, had been following a tiny speck of light at the fringes of the solar system for months. Tiny, maybe. Unimportant? Hardly. The object was one of the brightest objects in a distant region of the solar system known as the Kuiper Belt, and Brown knew it was sure to cause a scientific sensation. Just before he was to announce his discovery, an obscure group of Spanish astronomers beat him to the punch, claiming the new planetoid as their own." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) The article reveals that "American researchers said they discovered that the Spaniards, led by Jose Luis Ortiz, used the Internet to peek at computer files showing where Brown was aiming a Chilean telescope. Ortiz argues he has done nothing wrong, and the data he found using the Google search engine should be considered public and thus free to use."
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