Eris (minor-planet designation: 136199 Eris) is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. It is a trans-Neptunian object...
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Dysnomia (moon) (redirect from (136199) Eris I Dysnomia)
(formally (136199) Eris I Dysnomia) is the only known moon of the dwarf planet Eris and is the second-largest known moon of a dwarf planet, after Pluto I...
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refers to: Eris (mythology) or Discordia, the goddess of discord in Greek mythology Eris (dwarf planet), the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar...
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In Greek mythology, Eris (Ancient Greek: Ἔρις, romanized: Eris, lit. 'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in...
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agreement that at least the nine largest candidates are dwarf planets – in rough order of size, Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, Ceres, Orcus...
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the results of the New Horizons and Dawn missions. Eris is generally assumed to be a dwarf planet because it is similar in size to Pluto and even more...
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Chad Trujillo (category Eris (dwarf planet))
American astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and the co-discoverer of Eris, the most massive dwarf planet known in the Solar System. Trujillo works...
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Michael E. Brown (redirect from Mike Brown's Planets)
including the dwarf planet Eris, which was originally thought to be bigger than Pluto, triggering a debate on the definition of a planet. He has been referred...
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50 billion km) from the Sun, and 2.8 times farther away than Neptune. The dwarf planets Eris and Gonggong are presently farther away from the Sun than Sedna. It...
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four terrestrial planets and the four giant planets in the planet category; Ceres, Pluto, and Eris are in the category of dwarf planet. Many planetary...
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David L. Rabinowitz (category Eris (dwarf planet))
discovery of several possible dwarf planets such as 90377 Sedna (possibly the first known inner Oort cloud object), 90482 Orcus, Eris (more massive than Pluto)...
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the naked eye. Although closer to the Sun than the dwarf planet Eris, Gonggong appears dimmer, as Eris has a higher albedo and an apparent magnitude of...
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Pluto (redirect from Pluto (dwarf planet))
satellite of Neptune. The dwarf planet Eris is roughly the same size as Pluto, about 2330 km; Eris is 28% more massive than Pluto. Eris is a scattered-disc...
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Makemake (redirect from Makemake (dwarf planet))
Makemake (minor-planet designation: 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and the largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt objects...
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Dysnomia (deity) (category Eris (dwarf planet))
Theogony, Dysnomia was the offspring of Eris (Strife), with no father mentioned. Like all of the children of Eris given by Hesiod, Dysnomia is a personified...
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planet designations (134340) Pluto, (136199) Eris, and (136199) Eris I Dysnomia. Other possible dwarf planets, such as 2003 EL61, 2005 FY9, Sedna and Quaoar...
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some to be the tenth planet upon discovery 15760 Albion, then nicknamed "Smiley" and hailed as the tenth planet Eris (dwarf planet), referred to by some...
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Eris–Dysnomia, Orcus–Vanth and Varda–Ilmarë. Binary asteroids with components of roughly equal mass are sometimes referred to as double minor planets...
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Discordianism (redirect from The five fingered hand of eris)
of Eris" (shown at right) is one of several symbols used in Discordianism. It was adapted as an astronomical/astrological symbol for the dwarf planet Eris...
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List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System (redirect from Table of planets and dwarf planets in the solar system)
melting, differentiation, and chemical evolution, like the larger dwarf planets Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake, but unlike "all smaller KBOs". This is...
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had hitherto been considered a planet) is classified as a dwarf planet. According to the IAU, "planets and dwarf planets are two distinct classes of objects"...
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Samuel Oschin telescope (category Eris (dwarf planet))
responsible for the discovery of 90377 Sedna on 2003-11-14 and Eris, the "10th Planet" on 2005-01-05 from images taken 2003-10-21. The peculiar Type Ia...
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Orcus (minor-planet designation: 90482 Orcus) is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper belt, with one large moon, Vanth. It has an estimated diameter of...
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Planetary mnemonic (redirect from My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets)
pondering" With the IAU's 2006 definition of planet which reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet, along with Ceres and Eris, these mnemonics became obsolete. When...
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asteroid Planet Persephone, a conjectured name for a planet beyond Pluto (see also #Science fiction, below) As such, an early proposed name for Eris (dwarf planet)...
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Haumea (redirect from Ataecina (dwarf planet))
that it would prove to be a dwarf planet. Nominal estimates make it the third-largest known trans-Neptunian object, after Eris and Pluto, and approximately...
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Solar System (redirect from Inner planet)
that the Solar System has at least nine dwarf planets: Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, and Sedna. There are a vast number of...
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Natural satellite (redirect from Planet-satellite system)
considered dwarf planets by astronomers are also known to have natural satellites: Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, and Eris. As of January...
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planet". Eris was never officially classified as a planet, and the 2006 definition of planet defined both Eris and Pluto not as planets but as dwarf planets...
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Varuna Scattered-disc objects Gonggong, a dwarf planet Xiangliu Eris, a dwarf planet Dysnomia (84522) 2002 TC302 (87269) 2000 OO67 V774104 Detached objects...
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