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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: 5:2 resonance, 7:3 resonance, Eris, 90377 Sedna, Scattered disc, Detached object, Michael E. Brown, Dysnomia, (225088) 2007 OR10, 2006 SQ372, (84522) 2002 TC302, 2004 XR190, (148209) 2000 CR105, 2008 KV42, (82075) 2000 YW134, 2007 TG422, 2009 YE7, (48639) 1995 TL8, 65489 Ceto, (15874) 1996 TL66, 2010 EK139, (42301) 2001 UR163, 2003 QX113, 2006 QH181, (145480) 2005 TB190, Chad Trujillo, (95625) 2002 GX32, 2010 KZ39, 2005 QU182, (131696) 2001 XT254, Samuel Oschin telescope, 2008 ST291, (229762) 2007 UK126, 2007 JH43, David L. Rabinowitz, (44594) 1999 OX3, (87269) 2000 OO67, 2004 VN112, (26375) 1999 DE9, (145451) 2005 RM43, 2007 NC7, (120132) 2003 FY128, (65407) 2002 RP120, (59358) 1999 CL158, (120348) 2004 TY364, (69988) 1998 WA31, (119068) 2001 KC77, (118702) 2000 OM67, (60608) 2000 EE173, (26181) 1996 GQ21, (119878) 2002 CY224, (118379) 1999 HC12, 2007 RW10, (38084) 1999 HB12, (40314) 1999 KR16, (181902) 1999 RD215. Excerpt: Eris, formal designation 136199 Eris, is the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth most massive body known to orbit the Sun directly. It is estimated to be approximately 2300-2400 km in diameter, and 27% more massive than Pluto or about 0.27% of the Earth's mass. Eris was discovered in January 2005 by a Palomar Observatory-based team led by Mike Brown, and its identity was verified later that year. It is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) native to a region of space beyond the Kuiper belt known as the scattered disc and has one known moon, Dysnomia. As of 2011, its distance from the Sun is 96.6 AU, roughly three times that of Pluto. With the exception of some comets, Eris and Dysnomia are currently the most distant known natural objects in the Solar System. Because Eris appeared possibly to be larger than Pluto, its discoverers and NASA initially described it as the Solar...
