Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(136199)
Eris
and Dysnomia
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 May 2019
--Orbital and physical data--
(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)
dynamical type, primary:
TNO, scattered disk
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
67.7808 AU
|
orbital period P: |
558.033197032487 yr (= 203825.4 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.440682
|
perihelion distance q: |
37.911 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
97.6506 AU
|
inclination i: |
44.04451°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
150.9766°
|
ascending node Ω: |
35.95312°
|
mean anomaly M: |
204.165°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2256 Jul 04
|
Epoch: |
2014 Dec 09
|
data arc: |
1954-2014
(614 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
36.9696 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
4.734
|
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 2.381 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
37460
± 80 km
[B18f]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 32.2 [*D] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0047 [*D] |
orbital period Ps: |
15.78586
± 0.00008
d [B18f]
|
eccentricity es: |
<0.004
[B18f]
|
inclination is: | 61.1° ± 0.3° [B18f] |
ascending node Ωs: | 139.6° ± 0.2° [B18f] |
mean anomaly M: | 273.2° ± 0.02° [B18f] |
Epoch: | 2015 Feb 01.95 |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
-1.2
[MPC]
-1.12 ± 0.03 [S12a]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
2429
± 38
km [*D]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.96
± 0.09/0.04
[S11a]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
0.823
[C06c]
|
color index V-R: | 0.391 ± 0.023 [C06c] |
color index B-R: | 1.214 [C06c] |
color index V-I: | 0.777 ± 0.013 [C06c] |
color index R-J: | 0.56 [B05c] |
color index J-H: | -0.29 [B05c] |
taxonomic type: |
BB (G-mode) [P10a]
|
mass m: |
1.66x1022
± 2x1020
kg [B07c]
|
density ρ: |
2.52
± 0.05/0.05
g/cm3[S11a]
|
Hill radius rH: |
8000000 km [*D]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
2326
± 12
km [S11a]
|
rotation period RPp: |
25.92
± 0.48
h [R08a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.1
[R08a]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
700
± 115
km [B18f]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.301
± 0.05
[B18f]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
4.43
± 0.05
[I8610]
|
geometric albedo : | 0.04± 0.02[0.01] |
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(136199) Eris and Dysnomia
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2003 Oct 21
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
M. E. Brown, C. A. Trujillo, and D. L. Rabinowitz.
Alternate designation(s):
2003 UB313
.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1954 Sep 03.
Permanent number assigned 2006 Sep 07.
Named 2006 Sep 14 for the mythological Greek goddess of discord [MPC057800].
Companion discovered
2005 Sep 10
by M. E. Brown, et al.
using
adaptive optics telescope
observations from W. M. Keck II Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA.
Announced
2005 Oct 02 [B05d].
Provisional designation S/2005 (2003 UB313) 1.
Permanent designation I Dysnomia, assigned 2006 Sep 14; named for the Greek mythological spirit of lawlessness [G06d].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Wu, Yu-Jong, Chuang, Shiang-Jiun, Chen, Sian-Cong, & Huang, Tzu-Ping 2014, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Infrared Spectra of Acetylene Diluted in Solid Nitrogen upon Irradiation with Vacuum Ultraviolet Light and Electrons
- Young, Leslie & McKinnon, W. B. 2013, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts Atmospheres on Volatile-Bearing Kuiper Belt Objects
- Lorenzi, Vania, Pinilla-Alonso, N., Licandro, J., Emery, J. P., & Dalle Ore, C. M. 2013, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts Rotational variability in medium and large sized TNOs
- Pitjeva, E. V. 2013, Solar System Research Updated IAA RAS planetary ephemerides-EPM2011 and their use in scientific research
- Hajdukovic, Dragan Slavkov 2013, Astrophysics and Space Science Can observations inside the Solar System reveal the gravitational properties of the quantum vacuum?
- McGuire, Ryan 2013, Ph.D. Thesis Using Near Infrared Observations and Models to Analyze Surface Compositions of Kuiper Belt Objects
- Ortiz, J. L., Sicardy, B., Braga-Ribas, F., Alvarez-Candal, A., Lellouch, E., Duffard, R., Pinilla-Alonso, N., Ivanov, V. D., Littlefair, S. P., Camargo, J. I. B., Assafin, M., Unda-Sanzana, E., Jehin, E., Morales, N., Tancredi, G., Gil-Hutton, R., de La Cueva, I., Colque, J. P., da Silva Neto, D. N., Manfroid, J., Thirouin, A., Gutiérrez, P. J., Lecacheux, J., Gillon, M., Maury, A., Colas, F., Licandro, J., Mueller, T., Jacques, C., Weaver, D., Milone, A., Salvo, R., Bruzzone, S., Organero, F., Behrend, R., Roland, S., Vieira-Martins, R., Widemann, T., Roques, F., Santos-Sanz, P., Hestroffer, D., Dhillon, V. S., Marsh, T. R., Harlingten, C., Bagatin, A. Campo, Alonso, M. L., Ortiz, M., Colazo, C., Lima, H. J. F., Oliveira, A. S., Kerber, L. O., Smiljanic, R., Pimentel, E., Giacchini, B., Cacella, P., & Emilio, M. 2012, Nature Albedo and atmospheric constraints of dwarf planet Makemake from a stellar occultation
- Belskaya, I. N., Bagnulo, S., Stinson, A., Tozzi, G. P., Muinonen, K., Shkuratov, Yu. G., Barucci, M. A., & Fornasier, S. 2012, Astronomy and Astrophysics Polarimetry of trans-Neptunian objects (136472) Makemake and (90482) Orcus
- Kiss, Csaba, Szabó, G., Pál, A., Kiss, L., Sárneczky, K., Müller, T., Vilenius, E., Santos-Sanz, P., Lellouch, E., Conn, B., Ortiz, J., Duffard, R., Morales, N., Horner, J., Bannister, M., & Stansberry, J. 2012, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts 2012 DR30, The Most Distant Solar System Object
- Slavkov Hajdukovic, Dragan 2012, ArXiv e-prints Can observations inside the Solar System reveal the gravitational properties of the quantum vacuum?
- Perna, D., Merlin, F., Ieva, S., Barucci, M. A., Dotto, E., Fornasier, S., & Mazzotta Epifani, E. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 Mapping the surface of the dwarf planet Makemake
- Silk, Joseph & Mamon, Gary A. 2012, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics The current status of galaxy formation
- Gallardo, Tabaré, Hugo, Gastón, & Pais, Pablo 2012, Icarus Survey of Kozai dynamics beyond Neptune
- Girard, Julien H. V., O'Neal, Jared, Mawet, Dimitri, Kasper, Markus, Zins, Gérard, Neichel, Benoît, Kolb, Johann, Christiaens, Valentin, & Tourneboeuf, Martin 2012, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series Image quality and high contrast improvements on VLT/NACO
- Mayer, L. 2012, Advances in Computational Astrophysics: Methods, Tools, and Outcome Progress and Challenges in SPH Simulations of Disk Galaxy Formation: The Combined Role of Resolution and the Star Formation Density Threshold
- Kiss, Cs., Vilenius, E., Müller, Th. G., Pál, A., Rengel, M., Mommert, M., Szalai, N., Santos-Sanz, P., Lellouch, E., & Stansberry, J. 2012, LPI Contributions Thermal Emission of the Eris — Dysnomia System as Observed by Herschel/PACS
- Tegler, S. C., Grundy, W. M., Olkin, C. B., Young, L. A., Romanishin, W., Cornelison, D. M., & Khodadadkouchaki, R. 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Ice Mineralogy across and into the Surfaces of Pluto, Triton, and Eris
- Fraser, Wesley, Brown, M. E., Batygin, K., & Bouchez, A. 2012, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #220 Tidal Evolution of the Quaoar-Weywot System
- Assafin, M., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira Martins, R., Braga-Ribas, F., Sicardy, B., Andrei, A. H., & da Silva Neto, D. N. 2012, Astronomy and Astrophysics Candidate stellar occultations by large trans-Neptunian objects up to 2015
- Santos-Sanz, P., Lellouch, E., Fornasier, S., Kiss, C., Pal, A., Müller, T. G., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Mommert, M., Delsanti, A., Mueller, M., Peixinho, N., Henry, F., Ortiz, J. L., Thirouin, A., Protopapa, S., Duffard, R., Szalai, N., Lim, T., Ejeta, C., Hartogh, P., Harris, A. W., & Rengel, M. 2012, Astronomy and Astrophysics "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. IV. Size/albedo characterization of 15 scattered disk and detached objects observed with Herschel-PACS
- Stinson, A., Belskaya, I., Bagnulo, S., Tozzi, G. P., Muinonen, K., Barucci, A., & Fornasier, S. 2012, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts Polarimetry of the dwarf planet (136472) Makemake
- Fornasier, S., Lellouch, E., Mueller, T., Panuzzo, P., Santos-Sanz, P., Lim, T., Kiss, C., Vilenius, E., Stansberry, J., Delsanti, A., Henry, F., Boehnhardt, H., Pal, A., Duffard, R., & Barucci, A. 2012, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 'TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region'. Results from the PACS and SPIRE observations with the Herschel Space Observatory
- Rogozin, Yury I. 2012, ArXiv e-prints On the relation of the sizes of trans-neptunian dwarf planets Pluto and Eris
- Mozena, Mark, Faber, S. M., Koo, D. C., Primack, J. R., Dekel, A., & CANDELS Team 2012, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #219 Comparison Of Galaxies At Redshifts Z 2 With Star-forming Clumps From HST CANDELS Observations To Those From Hydrodynamical Simulations
- Di Pietro, E. 2011, Le Ciel Éris, la lointaine jumelle de Pluton
- Guedes, Javiera, Callegari, Simone, Madau, Piero, & Mayer, Lucio 2011, The Astrophysical Journal Forming Realistic Late-type Spirals in a ΛCDM Universe: The Eris Simulation
- Li, Guozhu, Ning, Baiqi, Patra, A. K., Wan, Weixing, & Hu, Lianhuan 2011, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics) Investigation of low-latitude E and valley region irregularities: Their relationship to equatorial plasma bubble bifurcation
- Sicardy, B., Ortiz, J. L., Assafin, M., Jehin, E., Maury, A., Lellouch, E., Hutton, R. Gil, Braga-Ribas, F., Colas, F., Hestroffer, D., Lecacheux, J., Roques, F., Santos-Sanz, P., Widemann, T., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Thirouin, A., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Jelínek, M., Kubánek, P., Sota, A., Sánchez-Ramírez, R., Andrei, A. H., Camargo, J. I. B., da Silva Neto, D. N., Gomes, A. Ramos, Martins, R. Vieira, Gillon, M., Manfroid, J., Tozzi, G. P., Harlingten, C., Saravia, S., Behrend, R., Mottola, S., Melendo, E. García, Peris, V., Fabregat, J., Madiedo, J. M., Cuesta, L., Eibe, M. T., Ullán, A., Organero, F., Pastor, S., de Los Reyes, J. A., Pedraz, S., Castro, A., de La Cueva, I., Muler, G., Steele, I. A., Cebrián, M., Montañés-Rodríguez, P., Oscoz, A., Weaver, D., Jacques, C., Corradi, W. J. B., Santos, F. P., Reis, W., Milone, A., Emilio, M., Gutiérrez, L., Vázquez, R., & Hernández-Toledo, H. 2011, Nature A Pluto-like radius and a high albedo for the dwarf planet Eris from an occultation
- Gulbis, Amanda 2011, Nature Planetary science: Eris under scrutiny
- Mastrapa, R. M. E., Cook, J. C., White, D. W., Berry, M. T., & Sandford, S. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Laboratory spectra of N2 and CH4 mixtures: Applications to Observations of TNOs
- Cook, J., Mastrapa, R. M., Cruikshank, D. P., Alvarez-Candal, A., & Pinilla-Alonso, N. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Analysis of High Resolution Spectra of Eris: Possible Evidence for Cold Phase CH4 Ice
- Kiss, C., Pál, A., Müller, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Vilenius, E., Szalai, N., Lellouch, E., & Bönhardt, H. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Sedna, Eris and Quaoar: physical properties of prominent trans-Neptunian objects, based on Herschel observations
- Braga-Ribas, F., Sicardy, B., Ortiz, J. L., Jehin, E., Camargo, J. I. B., Assafin, M., Behrend, R., Unda-Sanzana, E., Colque, J. P., Morales, N., Tancredi, G., Roland, S., Bruzzone, S., Salvo, R., Almenares, L., Emilio, M., Schoenell, W., Gil-Hutton, R., Milone, A., Jacques, C., Vanzi, L., Kavelaars, J. J., Cacella, P., Maury, A., Alvarez, E., van der Bliek, N. S., Vieira-Martins, R., Colas, F., Lecacheux, J., Vachier, F., Roques, F., Widemann, T., Thirouin, A., Gillon, M., Manfroid, J., Bergengruen, A., Martinez, M., Capeche, J., Amorim, A., Pimentel, E., Leiva, R., Toledo, I., Almeida, L. A., Magalhães, V. S., Montaña, C. E., & Rodrigues, C. V. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Stellar Occultations by TNOs: the January 08, 2011 by (208996) 2003 AZ84 and the May 04, 2011 by (50000) Quaoar
- Alvarez-Candal, A., Pinilla-Alonso, N., Licandro, J., Cook, J., Mason, E., Roush, T., Cruikshank, D., Gourgeot, F., Dotto, E., & Perna, D. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 The X-Shooter spectrum of (136199) Eris
- Sicardy, B., Ortiz, J. L., Assafin, M., Jehin, E., Maury, A., Lellouch, E., Gil-Hutton, R., Braga-Ribas, F., Colas, F., Lecacheux, J., Roques, F., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., Thirouin, A., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira-Martins, R., Gillon, M., Manfroid, J., Behrend, R., & Widemann, T. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Size, density, albedo and atmosphere limit of dwarf planet Eris from a stellar occultation
- Sheppard, Scott S., Udalski, Andrzej, Trujillo, Chadwick, Kubiak, Marcin Pietrzynski, Grzegorz, Poleski, Radoslaw, Soszynski, Igor, Szymański, Michal K., & Ulaczyk, Krzysztof 2011, The Astronomical Journal A Southern Sky and Galactic Plane Survey for Bright Kuiper Belt Objects
- 2011, Astronomy and Geophysics News and Views: Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud; Model Milky Way - at last; Gaming takes to the skies; 2012 Kavli Prize; Astrophysics fellowship; Prize for Overbye
- Alvarez-Candal, A., Pinilla-Alonso, N., Licandro, J., Cook, J., Mason, E., Roush, T., Cruikshank, D., Gourgeot, F., Dotto, E., & Perna, D. 2011, Astronomy and Astrophysics The spectrum of (136199) Eris between 350 and 2350 nm: results with X-Shooter
- Rabinowitz, David L., Schaefer, B., Tourtellotte, S., & Schaefer, M. 2011, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society SMARTS Studies of the Composition and Structure of Dwarf Planets
- Grundy, W. M., Morrison, S. J., Bovyn, M. J., Tegler, S. C., & Cornelison, D. M. 2011, Icarus Remote sensing D/H ratios in methane ice: Temperature-dependent absorption coefficients of CH <SUB>3</SUB>D in methane ice and in nitrogen ice
- Escapa, A. & Fukushima, T. 2011, The Astronomical Journal Free Translational Oscillations of Icy Bodies with a Subsurface Ocean Using a Variational Approach
- Butler, Bryan J., Gurwell, M. A., & Moullet, A. 2011, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society EVLA Observations of the Largest TNOs
- Guedes, Javiera M. 2011, Ph.D. Thesis Numerical simulations of spiral galaxy formation and recoiling black holes
- McGranaghan, R., Sagan, B., Dove, G., Tullos, A., Lyne, J. E., & Emery, J. P. 2011, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society A Survey of Mission Opportunities to Trans-Neptunian Objects
- Schaller, E. L. 2010, European Physical Journal Web of Conferences Atmospheres and surfaces of small bodies and dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt
- Tegler, S. C., Cornelison, D. M., Grundy, W. M., Romanishin, W., Abernathy, M. R., Bovyn, M. J., Burt, J. A., Evans, D. E., Maleszewski, C. K., Thompson, Z., & Vilas, F. 2010, The Astrophysical Journal Methane and Nitrogen Abundances on Pluto and Eris
- Maury, A., Assafin, M., Ortiz, J. L., & Owen, W. M. 2010, International Astronomical Union Circular Occultation by (136199) Eris
- Jehin, E., Manfroid, J., Gillon, M., Hutsemekers, D., & Magain, P. 2010, International Astronomical Union Circular Occultation by (136199) Eris
- Ortiz, L., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Thirouin, A., Santos-Sanz, P., de, I., Pedro, S., Sicardy, B., & Preston, S. 2010, International Astronomical Union Circular Occultation by (136199) Eris
- Cooper, John F., Hill, M. E., Richardson, J. D., & Sturner, S. J. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Layered Model for Radiation-Induced Chemical Evolution of Icy Surface Composition on Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud Bodies
- Butler, Bryan J., Gurwell, M. A., & Moullet, A. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society EVLA Observations of the Largest TNOs
- Tegler, Stephen C., Cornelison, D. M., Grundy, W. M., Romanishin, W., Abernathy, M., Bovyn, M., Burt, J., Evans, D., Maleszewski, C., Thompson, Z., & Vilas, F. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Methane and Nitrogen Abundances on Eris and Pluto
- Hara, T., Takagi, T., & Kajiura, D. 2010, Pathways Towards Habitable Planets Transfer of Meteorites from Earth to the Interesting Objects within the Solar System and the Extrasolar Planets
- Brown, M. E., Ragozzine, D., Stansberry, J., & Fraser, W. C. 2010, The Astronomical Journal The Size, Density, and Formation of the Orcus-Vanth System in the Kuiper Belt
- Heyl, Jeremy 2010, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Diffractive microlensing - I. Flickering planetesimals at the edge of the Solar system
- Cooper, John 2010, 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly Relative astrobiological potential of irradiated icy bodies in the solar system
- Leubner, I. H. 2009, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts Orbital Ellipticity and Final Steps of Planet Separation
- Antonieta Barucci, Maria, Fornasier, S., Alvarez-Cantal, A., de Bergh, C., Merlin, F., DeMeo, F., & Dumas, C. 2009, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #41 Surface Properties of TNOs: Preliminary Statistical Analysis
- Grundy, William M., McKinnon, W. B., Ammannito, E., Castillo-Rogez, J. C., Merline, W. J., Noll, K. S., Rivkin, A. S., Stansberry, J. A., Sykes, M. V., & Verbiscer, A. J. 2009, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #41 Exploration Strategy for the Dwarf Planets 2013-2022
- Heinze, A. N. & de Lahunta, Daniel 2009, The Astronomical Journal The Rotation Period and Light-Curve Amplitude of Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planet 136472 Makemake (2005 FY9)
- Guilbert, Aurélie, Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro, Merlin, Frédéric, Barucci, Maria Antonietta, Dumas, Christophe, de Bergh, Catherine, & Delsanti, Audrey 2009, Icarus ESO-Large Program on TNOs: Near-infrared spectroscopy with SINFONI
- Pitjeva, Elena V. 2009, IAU Symposium #261, American Astronomical Society EPM Ephemerides and Relativity
- McKinnon, W. B. 2009, AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts Dwarf Planets as the Most Populous Class of Planet
- Abernathy, M. R., Tegler, S. C., Grundy, W. M., Licandro, J., Romanishin, W., Cornelison, D., & Vilas, F. 2009, Icarus Digging into the surface of the icy dwarf planet Eris
- Merlin, F., Alvarez-Candal, A., Delsanti, A., Fornasier, S., Barucci, M. A., DeMeo, F. E., de Bergh, C., Doressoundiram, A., Quirico, E., & Schmitt, B. 2009, The Astronomical Journal Stratification of Methane Ice on Eris' Surface
- Schaefer, Bradley E., Rabinowitz, David L., & Tourtellotte, Suzanne W. 2009, The Astronomical Journal The Diverse Solar Phase Curves of Distant Icy Bodies II. The Cause of the Opposition Surges and Their Correlations
- Roe, Henry G., Pike, Rosemary E., & Brown, Michael E. 2008, Icarus Tentative detection of the rotation of Eris
- Collins, Benjamin F. & Sari, Re'em 2008, The Astronomical Journal Lévy Flights of Binary Orbits due to Impulsive Encounters
- Maris, Michele & Carraro, Giovanni 2008, Planetary and Space Science An analysis of the Eris (2003 UB<SUB>313</SUB>) light curve
- Bagnulo, S., Belskaya, I., Muinonen, K., Tozzi, G. P., Barucci, M. A., Kolokolova, L., & Fornasier, S. 2008, Astronomy and Astrophysics Discovery of two distinct polarimetric behaviours of trans-Neptunian objects
- Stern, S. Alan 2008, Space Science Reviews The New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt Mission: An Overview with Historical Context
- Assafin, M., Vieira Martins, R., Ribas, F. B., Camargo, J. I., da Silva Neto, D. N., & Andrei, A. H. 2008, European Planetary Science Congress 2008 Astrometric predictions of stellar occultations by Pluto, Charon, Triton and TNOs
- Schaefer, Bradley E., Rabinowitz, D. L., & Tourtellottte, S. W. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Division of Icy Bodies into Groups Based on Surface Properties
- Tegler, Stephen C., Abernathy, M. R., Grundy, W. M., Romanishin, W., Cornelison, D., & Vilas, F. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Digging Into the Surface of the Icy Dwarf Planet Eris
- Widemann, Thomas, Sicardy, B., & Lellouch, E. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Upper Limits for a Titania's Atmosphere and for a Large KBO's Atmosphere From Stellar Occultations
- Roe, Henry G., Tokunaga, A., & Schaller, E. L. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Methane in Plutoid Atmospheres: Update on Pluto and Upper Limits on Eris and Makemake
- Alvarez-Candal, A., Fornasier, S., Barucci, M. A., de Bergh, C., & Merlin, F. 2008, Astronomy and Astrophysics Visible spectroscopy of the new ESO large program on trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs. Part 1
- Greenberg, Richard & Barnes, Rory 2008, Icarus Tidal evolution of Dysnomia, satellite of the dwarf planet Eris
- Duffard, R., Ortiz, J. L., Santos Sanz, P., Mora, A., Gutiérrez, P. J., Morales, N., & Guirado, D. 2008, Astronomy and Astrophysics A study of photometric variations on the dwarf planet (136199) Eris
- Mueller, Michael, Delbo', Marco, Trilling, David, Stansberry, John, Hestroffer, Daniel, Maris, Michele, van Cleve, Jeffrey, Tozzi, Gian Paolo, Tanga, Paolo, & Thuillot, William 2008, NOAO Proposal A Midsummer Night's Dream: Thermal Inertia of Oberon and Titania from Q- Band Observations of Eclipses
- Belskaya, I., Bagnulo, S., Muinonen, K., Barucci, M. A., Tozzi, G. P., Fornasier, S., & Kolokolova, L. 2008, Astronomy and Astrophysics Polarimetry of the dwarf planet (136199) Eris
- Duffard, R., Ortiz, J. L., Santos Sanz, P., Mora, A., Gutierrez, P. J., Morales, N., & Guirado, D. 2008, VizieR Online Data Catalog Photometric variations of Eris (136199) (Duffard+, 2008)
- Merlin, F., Alvarez-Candal, A., Delsanti, A., Quirico, E., Schmitt, B., Fornasier, S., Barucci, M. A., DeMeo, F. E., de Bergh, C., & Doressoundiram, A. 2008, LPI Contributions Icy Surface Properties of the Dwarf Planet Eris
- Merlin, Frederic, Alvarez, A., Barucci, M., Delsanti, A., Fornasier, S., & de Bergh, C. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Spectrum of Eris from 0.5 to 2.4 Microns. Clues for a Stratified Surface.
- Schaller, E. L. & Brown, M. E. 2007, The Astrophysical Journal Detection of Methane on Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar
- Lykawka, Patryk S. & Mukai, T. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society A Distant Massive Planet Beyond Pluto and Origin of Kuiper Belt Architecture
- Barranco, Joseph A., Trilling, D., Gaudi, B. S., Holman, M. J., & DePoy, D. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society A Survey for Extreme Mass-Ratio Binaries of Faint Kuiper Belt Objects
- Schaller, Emily L. & Brown, M. E. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Volatile Loss and Retention on Kuiper Belt Objects
- Sheppard, Scott S. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Photometric Variability of the Largest Kuiper Belt Objects: Evidence for Uniform Surfaces
- Tytell, David 2007, Sky and Telescope It's Official: Eris Outweighs Pluto
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- Oving, B. A., Zwartbol, T., Denham, S., & Rennie, M. 2007, DASIA 2007 - Data Systems In Aerospace AIV Platform for the Galileo Message Generation Facility
- Sofia Lykawka, P. & Mukai, T. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007 An outer planet beyond Pluto and the origin of Kuiper belt architecture
- Schaller, E. L. & Brown, M. E. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007 Volatile Loss and Retention on Kuiper Belt Objects
- Hussmann, H. & Sohl, F. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007 Subsurface Oceans and Deep Interiors of Large Trans-Neptunian Objects
- de Bergh, C., Barucci, M. A., Merlin, F., Dumas, C., Guilbert, A., Hainaut, O., Alvarez-Candal, A., Delsanti, A., Fornasier, S., & Doressoundiram, A. 2007, European Planetary Science Congress 2007 Spectroscopic observations of large TNOs with the ESO-VLT
- Guliyev, A. S. 2007, Astronomy Letters On the relationship of long-period comets to known and unknown planets
- Sheppard, Scott S. 2007, The Astronomical Journal Light Curves of Dwarf Plutonian Planets and other Large Kuiper Belt Objects: Their Rotations, Phase Functions, and Absolute Magnitudes
- 2007, Astronomy and Geophysics News and Views: The biggest dwarf planet so far; LISA Pathfinder going ahead
- Dumas, C., Merlin, F., Barucci, M. A., de Bergh, C., Hainault, O., Guilbert, A., Vernazza, P., & Doressoundiram, A. 2007, Astronomy and Astrophysics Surface composition of the largest dwarf planet 136199 Eris (2003 UB{<SUB>313</SUB>})
- Brown, Michael E. & Schaller, Emily L. 2007, Science The Mass of Dwarf Planet Eris
- Leubner, I. H. 2007, AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts Quantifying the Planetary - Solar Interaction
- Schaller, E. L. & Brown, M. E. 2007, The Astrophysical Journal Volatile Loss and Retention on Kuiper Belt Objects
- Emery, J. P., Dalle Ore, C. M., Cruikshank, D. P., Fernández, Y. R., Trilling, D. E., & Stansberry, J. A. 2007, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ices on (90377) Sedna: confirmation and compositional constraints
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- Rabinowitz, David L., Schaefer, Bradley E., & Tourtellotte, Suzanne W. 2007, The Astronomical Journal The Diverse Solar Phase Curves of Distant Icy Bodies. I. Photometric Observations of 18 Trans-Neptunian Objects, 7 Centaurs, and Nereid
- Lin, H.-W., Wu, Y.-L., & Ip, W.-H. 2007, Advances in Space Research Observations of dwarf planet (136199) Eris and other large TNOs on Lulin Observatory
- Bernstein, M. P., Mastrapa, R., & Sandford, S. 2006, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts Near IR spectra and real and imaginary indicies of refraction of ices of relevance to KBOs
- Cooper, J. F., Hill, M. E., Richardson, J. D., & Sturner, S. J. 2006, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts Cosmic Ray Mantle Visibility on Kuiper Belt Objects
- Carraro, G., Maris, M., Bertin, D., & Parisi, M. G. 2006, Astronomy and Astrophysics Time series photometry of the dwarf planet ERIS (2003 UB313)
- Manfroid, J. 2006, Le Ciel L'astronomie dans le monde
- Licandro, J., Grundy, W. M., Pinilla-Alonso, N., & Leisy, P. 2006, Astronomy and Astrophysics Visible spectroscopy of 2003 UB313: evidence for N2 ice on the surface of the largest TNO?
- Green, D. W. E. 2006, International Astronomical Union Circular (134340) Pluto, (136199) Eris, and (136199) Eris I (Dysnomia)
- Zielinski, Sarah 2006, EOS Transactions In Brief: Dwarf planet named
- Dumas, Christophe, Merline, W. J., Barucci, A., de Bergh, C., Carry, B., Fulchignoni, M., Guilbert, A., & Merlin, F. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Sinfoni Observations Of Small Solar System Bodies: Application To The Asteroid Vesta And Pluto's Satellite Charon.
- Bernstein, Max, Sandford, S., & Cruikshank, D. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Near IR Spectra of H2O/CH4 And H2O/CO2 Ice Mixtures of Relevance to the Outer Solar System
- Rabinowitz, David L., Schaefer, B. E., & Tourtellotte, S. W. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Fresh Icy Surfaces of Pluto-sized Trans-Neptunian Objects
- Merlin, Frederic, Dumas, C., Barucci, M., Hainaut, O., de Bergh, C., & Guilbert, A. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Spectroscopic Analyses Of The Bright TNOs 2003 UB313 And 2003 EL61
- Brown, Michael E. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Largest Kuiper Belt Objects
- McKinnon, William B. & Barr, A. C. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Structure and Evolution of Ice Dwarf Planets
- Sheppard, S. S. 2006, New Horizons in Astronomy: Frank N. Bash Symposium Small Bodies in the Outer Solar System
- Brown, Michael 2006, HST Proposal The largest Kuiper belt objects
- Gladman, Brett & Chan, Collin 2006, The Astrophysical Journal Production of the Extended Scattered Disk by Rogue Planets
- Bouchez, A. H., Brown, M. E., Campbell, R., Chin, J., van Dam, M., Hartman, S., Johansson, E., Lafon, R., Le Mignant, D., Rabinowitz, D., Sari, R., Stomski, P., Summers, D., Trujillo, C., & Wizinowich, P. 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #207 Keck Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Discovery and Characterization of Large Kuiper Belt Object Satellites
- Brown, Michael, Reach, Bill, & Stansberry, John 2006, Spitzer Proposal Thermal properties of the largest Kuiper belt objects
- Brown, Michael, Barkume, Kristine, Roe, Henry, & Schaller, Emily 2006, Spitzer Proposal The largest Kuiper belt objects
- Brown, M. E., Schaller, E. L., Roe, H. G., Rabinowitz, D. L., & Trujillo, C. A. 2006, The Astrophysical Journal Direct Measurement of the Size of 2003 UB313 from the Hubble Space Telescope
- Grundy, W. M. 2006, AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts Compositional Diversity of Small Icy Objects Beyond Saturn's Orbit
- Brown, M. E., van Dam, M. A., Bouchez, A. H., Le Mignant, D., Campbell, R. D., Chin, J. C. Y., Conrad, A., Hartman, S. K., Johansson, E. M., Lafon, R. E., Rabinowitz, D. L., Stomski, P. J., Jr., Summers, D. M., Trujillo, C. A., & Wizinowich, P. L. 2006, The Astrophysical Journal Satellites of the Largest Kuiper Belt Objects
- Trujillo, Chadwick 2006, NOAO Proposal Search for Nitrogen Ice on 2005 FY9, the Brightest Kuiper Belt Object
- Bertoldi, F., Altenhoff, W., Weiss, A., Menten, K. M., & Thum, C. 2006, Nature The trans-neptunian object UB<SUB>313</SUB> is larger than Pluto
- Sheppard, Scott S. 2006, Nature Solar system: A planet more, a planet less?
- Delsanti, Audrey & Jewitt, David 2006, Solar System Update The Solar System Beyond The Planets
- Lin, H. W., Wu, Y. L., & Ip, W. H. 2006, 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly The lightcurves of 2003 UB 313
- Brown, M. E., Trujillo, C. A., & Rabinowitz, D. L. 2005, The Astrophysical Journal Discovery of a Planetary-sized Object in the Scattered Kuiper Belt
- Reddy, Francis 2005, Astronomy The tenth planet
- Brown, M. E. 2005, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams S/2005 (2003 UB313) 1
- Brown, Michael 2005, HST Proposal Direct measurement of the size of 2003 UB313
- Brown, Michael 2005, Spitzer Proposal Radiometric determination of albedos of icy bodies
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