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The Mass of Dwarf Planet Eris
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post Jun 14 2007, 05:10 PM
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In the June 15, 2007, issue of Science there is this Brevia article:

The Mass of Dwarf Planet Eris
Michael E. Brown and Emily L. Schaller
Science 316, 1585 (2007)
Observations of the orbit of dwarf planet Eris' satellite Dysnomia indicates that Eris has a density similar to Pluto's, but is about 1.27 times as large.
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Supporting Online Material

Unless one has embargo access, the links above will not be accessible for a couple more hours.

You also might want to keep an eye on Mike Brown's and Emily Schaller's web pages. cool.gif

See also:

The Dwarf Planet Known as Eris is More Massive than Pluto, New Data Shows
Caltech Media Relations
June 14, 2007
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- AlexBlackwell   The Mass of Dwarf Planet Eris   Jun 14 2007, 05:10 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Astronomers Measure Mass of Largest Dwarf Planet H...   Jun 14 2007, 06:03 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Dwarf Planet Outweighs Pluto By Ker Than Staff Wri...   Jun 14 2007, 06:11 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Eris (AKA Xena) and it's moon Dysnomia   Jun 14 2007, 06:16 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jun 14 2007, 11:16 A...   Jun 14 2007, 07:12 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   From The Associated Press: QUOTE Pluto Isn't ...   Jun 14 2007, 06:41 PM
- - volcanopele   We could always ship the IAU peanuts like Jericho ...   Jun 14 2007, 07:26 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Wikipedia has a pretty good Eris page.   Jun 14 2007, 07:45 PM
- - volcanopele   Yeah, after one of the lamest edit wars in Wikiped...   Jun 14 2007, 07:54 PM
|- - Jyril   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jun 14 2007, 10:54 P...   Jun 14 2007, 09:52 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Dwarf planet found to be heftier than Pluto Kathar...   Jun 14 2007, 08:10 PM
- - volcanopele   The war wasn't over the name Eris, it had to d...   Jun 14 2007, 09:56 PM
|- - alan   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jun 14 2007, 04:56 P...   Jun 15 2007, 02:25 AM
|- - Pavel   QUOTE (alan @ Jun 14 2007, 10:25 PM) In t...   Jun 15 2007, 08:32 PM
- - Jyril   I didn't mean that... It's just that anyth...   Jun 14 2007, 10:34 PM
- - David   The whole thing was just about some Discordians lo...   Jun 15 2007, 04:20 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jun 14 2007, 07:10...   Jun 21 2007, 08:22 PM

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