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January 13, 2003

On January 13, 2003, 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory. The year's #1 song was "In da Club" by 50 Cent. Jackson Merrill, Xavi Simons, Xavier Worthy would arrive in the same year.

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208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory.

208996 Achlys (provisional designation 2003 AZ84) is a large trans-Neptunian object orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy bodies beyond Neptune. It was discovered on 13 January 2003 by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory.

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2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade.

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  1. 2003 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory.

    Large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt

    208996 Achlys (provisional designation 2003 AZ84) is a large trans-Neptunian object orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy bodies beyond Neptune. It was discovered on 13 January 2003 by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory.

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Oksana Selekhmeteva 2003– Russian tennis player (born 2003)

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Died on January 13, 2003

Norman Panama American film director (1914–2003)

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Jackson Merrill 2003– American baseball player
Xavi Simons 2003– Dutch footballer
Xavier Worthy 2003– American football player
Emily Carey 2003– British actress
Jung Yun-seok 2003– South Korean actor
Harvey Elliott 2003– English footballer

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