Whoops! Should have qualified my statement further: 9th largest body
that orbits the sun directly (as opposed to orbiting another planet).
The four Galilean moons of Jupiter are of course all larger than Pluto,
as is our own Moon, Titan, and Triton. --Rob
-Original Message-
From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu [mailto:lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 3:00 PM
To: Matson, Robert D.
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Eris smaller than Pluto?
Since no one has picked up on this, try 16th and 17th in size (not
including the Sun). AA number of satellites, inclouding the Moon, are
larger.
larry
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
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