Sunday, June 17, 2007

Remember Eris?

Back in April, both Pluto and Eris, the ninth and tenth planets, were redefined as a new class of solar system object, "dwarf planets". Recent official calculations have demonstrated that Eris is actually 27% larger than Pluto--definitely both the largest known dwarf planet and the largest known Kuiper Belt object. The NASA image below shows Eris and her moon Dysnomia.

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