Hi All, Based on observations from Chile on November 6th of the occultation of an unnamed star by the dwarf planet Eris, it appears that the crown for the 9th largest body in our Solar System may have to be returned to Pluto. Data is still being reduced and numbers crunched, but it appears that the error bars to the positive side on Eris' size would still make it smaller than the smallest estimate of Pluto's size. Alain's initial personal account can be read here:
http://www.spaceobs.com/perso/recherche/Eris/ A detailed story by Kelly Beatty is now up on the Sky & Telescope website: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/106861063.html --Rob ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
