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October 21, 2003

On October 21, 2003, images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery. 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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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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On October 21, 2003

  1. 2003 Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.

    Most massive dwarf planet

    Eris is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. It is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in the scattered disk and has a high-eccentricity orbit. Eris was discovered in January 2005 by a Palomar Observatory–based team led by Mike Brown and verified later that year.

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Died on October 21, 2003

Louise Day Hicks American politician and lawyer (1916–2003)
Luis A. Ferré Governor of Puerto Rico
Elliott Smith American musician (1969–2003)

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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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