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Eris is the second largest dwarf planet in the solar system, only slightly smaller than Pluto. Smaller than it are Makemake, Haumea, and Ceres along with many other objects too numerous to name here.
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Is Eris bigger than earth?
Eris is not bigger than earth
Is Eris larger or smaller than Earth?
Eris is not a planet; it is a dwarf planet. It is much smaller than Earth.
Is Eris planet larger or smaller than earth?
Eris is not a planet; it is a dwarf planet. It is much smaller than Earth.
Eris is smaller than Pluto?
Yes, but only slightly. Eris has a greater mass than Pluto because it is denser.
How is Eris different than Pluto?
Eris orbits farther out than Pluto, is slightly smaller, and is about 25% denser.
When do you see Eris in a telescope?
when you use a very, very strong telescope and even then eris will be smaller than a grain of sand.
Is Eris bigger than any planets?
No. With a radius of about 1,160 kilometers, Eris is significantly smaller than Mercury, the smallest planet with a radius of about 2440 kilometers.
What size and shape are the Eris planet?
Eris is a spherical object that is 2326 kilometers across on average, which makes it slightly smaller than Pluto.
Which planet is smaller tha Ganymede?
Mercury is smaller in diameter, but not in mass. If you include dwarf planets, than it is also larger in diameter than Eris and Pluto, however once again it is smaller in mass.
What is the most distant dwarf planet that orbiting the sun?
Eris is the most distant planet from the sun. Eris is roughly 96.4 AU from the sun and three times smaller than Pluto.
Is Eris the largest Kuiper Belt object?
No. Eris is not a Kuiper Belt object, but is instead part of the scattered disk, beyond the Kuiper Belt. Eris is slightly smaller than Pluto, though by an insignificant amount but has a greater mass, meaning it is denser.
Is Pluto or Eris bigger?
Eris is slightly smaller than Pluto, but has a greater mass.
