Eris is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. It is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in the scattered disk and has a high-eccentricity orbit. Eris was discovered in January 2005 by a Palomar Observatory–based team led by Mike Brown and verified later that year.…
21th Century · 21st October
Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
2003
Year of Event
23
Years Ago