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positions of Haumea, Eris, and Makemake were unintentionally public and had been accessed by a computer at Ortiz's institution. Fearing that his team's discoveries of Eris and Makemake would be similarly scooped, Brown contacted Brian G. Marsden of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) on July 29, 2005, to announce their discovery. The MPC issued the discovery announcements for Eris and Makemake on its website at noon California time,

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