Discovery Eris (dwarf planet)
animation showing movement of eris on images used discover it. eris indicated arrow. 3 frames taken on period of 3 hours.
eris discovered team of mike brown, chad trujillo, , david rabinowitz on january 5, 2005, images taken on october 21, 2003. discovery announced on july 29, 2005, same day makemake , 2 days after haumea, due in part events later lead controversy haumea. search team had been systematically scanning large outer solar system bodies several years, , had been involved in discovery of several other large tnos, including 50000 quaoar, 90482 orcus, , 90377 sedna.
routine observations taken team on october 21, 2003, using 1.2 m samuel oschin schmidt telescope @ palomar observatory, california, image of eris not discovered @ point due slow motion across sky: team s automatic image-searching software excluded objects moving @ less 1.5 arcseconds per hour reduce number of false positives returned. when sedna discovered, moving @ 1.75 arcsec/h, , in light of team reanalyzed old data lower limit on angular motion, sorting through excluded images eye. in january 2005, re-analysis revealed eris s slow motion against background stars.
follow-up observations carried out make preliminary determination of eris s orbit, allowed object s distance estimated. team had planned delay announcing discoveries of bright objects eris , makemake until further observations , calculations complete, announced them both on july 29 when discovery of large tno had been tracking, haumea, controversially announced on july 27 different team in spain.
precovery images of eris have been identified september 3, 1954.
more observations released in october 2005 revealed eris has moon, later named dysnomia. observations of dysnomia s orbit permitted scientists determine mass of eris, in june 2007 calculated 7022166000000000000♠(1.66±0.02)×10 kg, 6999270000000000000♠27%±2% greater pluto s.
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