97 AU or 14 billion kilometers
96 AU's. An AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun. So 96 distances from Earth to sun is Eris from Earth
The dwarf planet Eris is in a highly elliptical orbit, and is currently 96 AU from the Earth. This is 13.3 light-HOURS from Earth, so about 1/650th of a light year.Neptune, by contrast, is 30.2 AU away (as of 12/1/09), so approximately 1/3 the distance to Eris.
Eris is nearly 97 astronomical units (over 14.5 billion kilometers or 9 billion miles) away from Earth, 3 times as far as Pluto.
Of the current dwarf planets ("Current Members"). From the Sun Ceres = 2.77 AU Pluto = 39.48 AU Haumea = 43.34 AU Makemake = 45.79 AU Eris = 67.67 AU From Earth at the closest approach. Ceres = 1.77 AU Pluto = 38.48 AU Haumea = 42.34 AU Makemake = 44.79 AU Eris = 66.67 AU Where 1 AU = 150 million kilometres or 93 million miles (Approximately).
Eris is at the edge of the solar system at the inward edge of the Oort Cloud. At aphelion (its furthest distance from the sun) it is 97.65 AU and at perihelion (its closest distance to the sun) it is 37.38 AU. (An AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun, roughly 90 million miles or 150 million kilometers.) This means that Eris' orbit is incredibly erratic. In fact, Eris perihelion is closer to the sun than Pluto aphelion (which 48.87 AU) but does not come close to Neptune (which has an aphelion of 30.44 AU).
All objects orbiting the Sun do so in an elliptical orbit. Therefore sometimes they are further away while at others they are closer.To be 68 AU from the Earth you would need to know the position of the Earth relative to the said object as the Earth could be on the other side of the Sun.The closest objects to 68 AU from the Sun would be Eris or 2007 OR10.Eris: Aphelion 97.56 AU Perihelion 37.77 AU Semi major axis (Average) 67.67 AU2007 OR10: Aphelion 100.79 AU Perihelion 33.62 AU Semi major axis (Average) 67.21 AU
96.6 AU
All orbits are elliptical.Some orbits, like Earth's, are almost circular without much eccentricity in the orbit. The orbit of Eris is HIGHLY eccentric, with a perihelion of 38 AU and aphelion of 98 AU. The orbital period is 557 years.
Eris is located in the Kuiper Belt (30+ AU from Earth) The dwarf planet orbits at about 37.8 AU (Perihelion) and 97.6 AU (Aphelion) away from the sun, so subtract 1 AU from both of those numbers to determine its distance from us. It would be safe to say that it would take anywhere from 37 to 97 hours (At 1 AU/h) to reach Eris. However, this does not include acceleration/deceleration or orbital pull.
Eris, which is the largest dwarf planet within our solar system, is about 96.6 AU (or 1.445x1010km) from the sun. Compared to Pluto, Eris is about 3x more distant.
Eris is not bigger than earth
Approx 54.4 million AU.