Eris is named after the goddess Eris, a personification of strife and discord.
Of the five currently recognized dwarf planets, Eris is the second largest after Pluto. Pluto falls into second place in terms of mass, as Eris is denser.
No. Eris is a dwarf planet.
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"Xena" was the humorous provisional name for the dwarf planet now known as "Eris".
A number of names for the "tenth planet" were discussed; two popular ones were Xena, from the TV program, and Persephone, in Greek mythology the consort of Pluto. However, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union recategorized Pluto as a "dwarf planet", and the body tentatively named "Xena" was officially named Eris as another "dwarf planet". (There are three other named "dwarf planets" to go with Pluto and Eris.)
2003 UB313 is an alternate name of Eris - a dwarf planet.
Eris is the largest Known Dwarf Planet in our solar system
The dwarf planet Eris was named after the Greek goddess of discord.
No. Eris is a dwarf planet.
No. Eris is a dwarf planet.
Of the five currently recognized dwarf planets, Eris is the second largest after Pluto. Pluto falls into second place in terms of mass, as Eris is denser.
No. First of all, Eris is not a planet; it is a dwarf planet. Eris is smaller thean Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system. The largest planet is Jupiter. Eris is the largest of the dwarf planets.
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Eris has a frozen atmosphere.
YesYes it is.
No. Planet X was a provisional name for a planet believed to exist beyond the orbit of Neptune based on a slight anomaly in its orbit. It was later realized that the anomaly was due to a miscalculation of the mass of Uranus.
No, Eris isn't a planet, it is a dwarf planet. See the related question "What is a dwarf planet?" for more details on the differences. Eris is the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system and the ninth-largest body known to orbit the sun directly. No Iris is a satellite.