Eris

E18769
Kuiper belt object Solar System object celestial body dwarf planet minor planet scattered disc object trans-Neptunian object

Eris is a distant, icy dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the Solar System, notable for its size comparable to Pluto and its role in prompting the redefinition of planetary status.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Eris canonical 11
(136199) Eris 1
2003 UB313 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuiper belt object ⓘ
Solar System object ⓘ
celestial body ⓘ
dwarf planet ⓘ
minor planet ⓘ
scattered disc object ⓘ
trans-Neptunian object ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude about -1.2 ⓘ
albedo about 0.96 ⓘ
aphelionDistance about 97.5 AU ⓘ
belongsTo Solar System ⓘ
classificationChanged 2006 IAU dwarf planet definition ⓘ
color neutral to slightly gray ⓘ
diameter about 2326 km ⓘ
discoveredBy Chad Trujillo ⓘ
David L. Rabinowitz ⓘ
Michael E. Brown ⓘ
discoveryDate 2005-01-05 ⓘ
discoveryMethod CCD imaging survey ⓘ
discoverySite Palomar Observatory ⓘ
distanceFromSun greater than Pluto on average ⓘ
equilibriumTemperature about 30 K ⓘ
escapeVelocity about 1.38 km/s ⓘ
hasAtmosphere possible transient atmosphere near perihelion ⓘ
hasSatellite Dysnomia ⓘ
IAUDesignation Eris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: (136199) Eris
influenced redefinition of planet by IAU in 2006 ⓘ
isRound true ⓘ
mass about 1.66e22 kg ⓘ
meanRadius about 1163 km ⓘ
minorPlanetNumber 136199 ⓘ
namedAfter Eris (Greek goddess of strife and discord) ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity about 0.44 ⓘ
orbitalInclination about 44 degrees ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 557 Earth years ⓘ
orbitalRegion Kuiper Belt objects ⓘ
surface form: outer Solar System

scattered disc ⓘ
orbits Sun ⓘ
perihelionDistance about 38 AU ⓘ
provisionalDesignation Eris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2003 UB313
rotationPeriod about 25.9 hours ⓘ
satelliteCount 1 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis about 67.7 AU ⓘ
similarInSizeTo Pluto ⓘ
spectralType TNO (dwarf planet) ⓘ
surfaceComposition methane ice ⓘ
nitrogen ice ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
surfaceGravity about 0.82 m/s² ⓘ
surfaceTemperature about 30 K to 50 K ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Solar System → hasDwarfPlanet → Eris ⓘ
Kuiper Belt objects → example → Eris ⓘ
subject surface form: Kuiper Belt object
Eris → provisionalDesignation → Eris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2003 UB313
Eris → IAUDesignation → Eris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: (136199) Eris
Quaoar → isSmallerThan → Eris ⓘ
Chad Trujillo → coDiscovererOf → Eris ⓘ
Dysnomia → orbits → Eris ⓘ
Dysnomia → isSatelliteOf → Eris ⓘ
Dysnomia → partOf → Eris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eris system
Dysnomia → provisionalDesignation → Eris ⓘ
this entity surface form: S/2005 (2003 UB313) 1
Dysnomia → parentBody → Eris ⓘ
Dysnomia → gravitationalInteractionWith → Eris ⓘ
outer Solar System → contains → Eris ⓘ
Michael E. Brown → hasDiscovered → Eris ⓘ
David L. Rabinowitz → coDiscovererOf → Eris ⓘ
David L. Rabinowitz → notableAchievement → Eris ⓘ
this entity surface form: helped identify Eris as a dwarf planet candidate