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    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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    (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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    Eris (/ˈɪərɪs, ˈɛrɪs/; Greek: Ἔρις Éris, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman equivalent is Discordia, which means the same...
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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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    agreement that at least the eight largest candidates are dwarf planets – in rough order of size, Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, Sedna and Ceres...
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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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    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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    Ceres, Pluto, and Eris in the category of dwarf planet, although many planetary scientists have continued to apply the term planet more broadly. Further...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • Dysnomia (deity) (category Eris (dwarf planet))
    was imagined by Hesiod among the daughters of "abhorred Eris" ("Strife"). "And hateful Eris bore painful Ponos ("Hardship"), Lethe ("Forgetfulness")...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • as a dwarf planet. In the early 21st century, symbols for the trans-Neptunian dwarf planets have come into use, particularly Eris (the hand of Eris, ⯰,...
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    Solar System (redirect from Inner planet)
    that the Solar System has at least eight dwarf planets: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, and Sedna. There are a vast number of small...
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    Makemake (minor-planet designation: 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and the second-largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt...
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    Planets" 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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    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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    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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    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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    Ganymede, Titan, Enceladus, and Triton; and also the known dwarf planets, such as Ceres, Pluto, and Eris. In June 2020, NASA scientists reported that it is likely...
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    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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    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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  • Greek goddess Eris Dysnomia (genus), a genus of freshwater mussels now known as Epioblasma Dysnomia (moon), a moon of the dwarf planet Eris Dyssomnia This...
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  • (accessed 2010-11-27) Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society, "Eris: dwarf planet larger than Pluto", Mike Baldwin, 11 November 2006 (accessed 2010-11-27)...
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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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    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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