But it's a fun puzzle. At Eris’ furthest point from the Sun (Aphelion) it is so distant it is outside the Kuiper Belt, however at its closet point (Perihelion) it is closer the the than Pluto’s most distant point. You can see the contrast between stellar occultations by Charon, which lacks an atmosphere, and Pluto, in this blog entry. The paper isn't directly about Pluto's diameter; it is actually about the variation of methane abundance in Pluto's atmosphere with altitude, time, and geography. Today, we have so much data on the planets and their moons. New Horizons will give us more info in a few years, though so anything at this point is speculation. So one can easily call Pluto and Eris planets and the many lesser objects out there nonplanets. Why someone who inanely claims to have killed Pluto is repeatedly given a soapbox to defame Pluto is beyond me, especially now that Bruno Sicardy’s data suggests that Pluto is larger than Eris. Wrong! So if Pluto is a bit bigger, or roughly the same size, Eris must be much denser. I don’t think we need to get down to one class of planets. My only attack was on the reference to those who reject Pluto’s demotion as “throwing a fit.”. Wallace Arthur is an evolutionary biologist and emeritus professor of Zoology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. An arbitrary decision based on convenience, namely the notion that “we can’t have too many planets” has no scientific merit. From an average distance of 6,289,000,000 miles (10,125,000,000 kilometers), Eris is about 68 astronomical units away from the Sun. Brown’s previous observations suggested that Eris was about 5 percent larger than Pluto, but “the uncertainty was 4 percent, awfully close to being the same size,” he says. Now – with the help of Eris’ moon – Eris is known to be 27% more massive than Pluto. Ultimately the interplanetary space probe New Horizons clarified that Pluto was in fact slightly larger than Eris in 2015. To put Earth and Jupiter in the same category while excluding Pluto (and all dwarf planets) amounts to cherry picking characteristics that Earth and Jupiter have in common while ignoring the differences between them as well as the characteristics Earth and Pluto have in common. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday If the New Horizons results surprise us yet again, and we find out that Pluto is 2280 kilometers across, we'll know fairly soon that Eris is bigger. But it's also quite possible that the flyby data will give us an answer of 2240 +/- 20 kilometers, still indistinguishable from Eris, and we'll have to wait a year or more before the mappers have made an accurate determination. That side steps the issue a bit, Doesn’t it? This, along with the discovery of other similar-sized celestial bodies like Haumea and Makemake, prompted NASA and the IAU to reconsider what should formally define a planet. Pluto Might Be Bigger Than Eris 257 Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, 2010 @03:51PM from the but-does-disney-have-a-trademark dept. What does matter a lot is Eris' surprisingly large mass, which means it has considerably more rock underneath its icy surface than Pluto. Page 1 of 3 - Pluto is Bigger than Eris! That was speculation, and it is probably wrong. Such exquisite mathematical ambiguity is made less certain still by the fact that unlike Eris, Pluto has a thin atmosphere, so when it goes in front of a star, the star doesn't wink out. Unlike Earth, it has not solid surface. the variation of methane abundance in Pluto's atmosphere, Planetary Society Reacts to Loss of Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope, instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your web browser, “Exploration is in our nature.” - Carl Sagan. Alan sent a lengthy response: "The answer is a little complex, largely because we already know the radius to +/- 20 kilometers, or about +/-2%." We've studied Pluto for most of a century. The fact that Eris is more massive than Pluto has absolutely no bearing on this. Being a bit bigger than Pluto (which is smaller than the Moon), her discovery prompted a reevaluation of the notion of a planet and thus the rearrangement of planetary definitions. What I would like to know is; why does it matter? Its detection provoked debate about Pluto’s classification as a planet. As for an “ocean” on Pluto, I’m highly skeptical of that theory. The question isn’t an attack on Pluto; it’s a wrongful lumping of Pluto and dwarf planets with asteroids and comets in the same category as “minor planets.” Structurally and compositionally, dwarf planets are much more akin to the bigger planets than to asteroids or comets. Initial observations showed that the mass of Eris was (1.66±0.02) × 10 22 kg, which is about 27% greater than that of Pluto. Pluto… Why is Eris not a planet? (See the 50 highs and lows of the space race.) Read more: 136199 Eris (2003 UB313), Explaining science, Miscellaneous trans-Neptunian objects, New Horizons, Outer planets missions, Pluto, Small bodies, Space missions, Space places, Trans-Neptunian objects, Solar System Specialist and Science CommunicatorRead more articles by Emily Lakdawalla. Pluto is likely to be a few kilometers shorter, pole-to-pole, than it is around the middle, and will most likely be broadest in the direction pointing to Charon. The plane of Eris' orbit is well out of the plane of the Solar System's planets. Memorization is not important. In astronomy, dwarf stars are still stars, and dwarf galaxies are still galaxies. Ray: Good article.. but here is what confuses me.. It has its own “mini solar system” going of moons that formed not by impacts but with the planet. I think that comment towards me is a bit uncalled for… Re-read my statement. © 2020 The Planetary Society. Eris, discovered in 2005 and named for an ancient Greek goddess of strife and discord, is 27 percent more massive than Pluto, they found. While we’re on the topic, a helpful memorization phrase: My Very Eccentric Mother Just Served Us Nachos. It takes far less ice, mass wise, to reach hydrostatic equilibrium than rock or metal. …of Charon and one, named Eris, that is slightly larger than Pluto itself. If Earth were in Pluto’s orbit, it would not clear that orbit either and therefore would not meet the IAU criteria for being a planet. Watching such occultations can allow astronomers to measure the diameter of an object very precisely. When Brown’s team discovered … Why such confusion? These personal attacks reflect far more on you than they do your target. And More…, Episode 698: Open Space 95: Would SpaceX Have Survived without NASA? Sorry, but I don’t think I said anything rude. Eris is a dwarf planet and a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). The occultation was caused by Eris moving past a background star, which blocked the star’s light and cast a small shadow on Earth. There are as many astronomers who reject the definition adopted by four percent of the IAU, a solely dynamical definition, and favor a geophysical definition instead. On speaking with Discovery News, Eris' discoverer Mike Brown said, 'While everyone is more interested in the "mine is bigger than yours" aspect, the real science is the shockingly large density of Eris.' Please stop trying to demean those of us who disagree with you with terms like “get their knickers into a twist.” It does not help your argument. Its surface was about as reflective as that of icy outer solar system moons like Europa or Dione. Sicardy and his coworkers had a very precise measure for Eris' diameter: 2,336 +/- 12 kilometers. Eris is a trans-Neptunian dwarf planet (plutoid). You remind me of those Metric Martyrs in the U.K. who stubbornly refuse to conform to the more logical metric system. Astronomy & Space Exploration, and Others: In 2005, when Eris was discovered, a certain astronomer claimed it was definitely bigger than Pluto. Your support powers our mission to explore worlds, find life, and defend Earth. There’s a place for Pluto to “fit” in our solar system! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The discovery of Eris lead to the classification of ‘Dwarf Planets’. We’ve got four inner planets made of metal and rock ( and a little bit of water/ice on the outer two. "Pluto and Eris are essentially twins," said Brown, "except that Eris is slightly the pudgier of the two." Would you say there can only be one type of star or one type of galaxy? But this wasn't a sure thing. We don't know yet! Science isn’t dictated by a vote of four percent of the IAU, most of whom are not even planetary scientists, whose motive in the decision was largely political (plus they violated the IAU’s own bylaws in voting on a resolution without vetting it first by the proper committee. The notion that we cannot have too many planets because kids wouldn’t be able to memorize them has no scientific merit. Assuming everything goes well. Join us at patreon.com/universetoday. The New Horizons flyby revealed that Pluto is, in fact, larger than Eris—but not by much. Pluto may not belong with terrestrials or jovians, but that doesn’t mean it or other dwarf planets are not planets. Because, perhaps shockingly, scientists themselves have not settled on a consistent answer. However, the first estimates of Eris’ size that were made shortly after its discovery put the diameter at 3,000 km, plus or minus 400 km. Explanation: Eris, a dwarf planet currently orbiting the Sun at about twice Pluto's distance, ... Cataloged as 2003 UB313 only a year ago, infrared images also showed previously that Eris is actually larger in diameter than Pluto. Wikipeadia, again, 2306 +/- 20 km. Very poor taste. I’d have to do the math and/or a simulation. At first, Eris was thought to be slightly larger than Pluto. Eccentric orbits cannot preclude objects from being considered planets because many exoplanets have orbits far more eccentric than Pluto’s, and these are mostly giant planets. Eris might have a surface as reflective as Pluto's, or even a little more, but it could be darker, possibly by a lot; so it was most plausible at the time of discovery that Eris was bigger than Pluto. Since astronomers were forced to reconsider the definition of what made a planet, it opened the door for a new classification: Dwarf Planets. Past the ice giants you have dusty, icy objects in the region beyond Neptune, all the way out to the Oort cloud. So when everyone classifies Pluto as a dwarf planet, that is because its composition, orbital distance, orbital parameters, and other characteristics are far more similar to the rest of the dwarf planets, than say Earth, Saturn or Uranus. At its greatest possible size, Eris is bigger than Pluto; at its least, it's smaller. Yo Ray, in the fourth paragraph, there’s a rogue apostrophe at the end of the first line: You don’t get to arbitrarily decide the debate is over because you want it to be. I am “Plutosavior” on Twitter, also an astronomer, and invite anyone interested in hearing why both Pluto and Eris are planets to visit my blog at http://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com . Everything you say makes sense except for one thing: the IAU decision specifically states that dwarf planets are NOT planets at all (a position you reinforce with that mnemonic). Eris is the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth largest body known to orbit the Sun directly. Is he implying that any particular astronomers or those that hold views that differ from his untrustworthy? In the above drawing, a scientific artist has imagined Eris and Dysnomia orbiting our distant Sun. Eris is responsible for the big debate over the definition of "planet." The plane of Eris' orbit is well out of the plane of the Solar System's planets. This is why I applaud the growing population of female astronomers. Blurring the distinction between dwarf planets and asteorids/comets is simply bad science. But this wasn't a sure thing. And we don't presently know which one has a bigger diameter, Pluto or Eris. Brown C.A. "- CEO Bill Nye. Why is that even desirable? With regards to the size, I have always considered mass to be a more important characteristic as physical size can be greatly skewed by composition. ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 Shame on Brown and his little balls. Pluto isn’t a terrestrial planet, it’s not a gas giant, nor is it an ice giant. I wouldn't put it past Eris to continue posing a thorny problem for Pluto. Using a celestial alignment known as an occultation, Bruno Sicardy of the Paris Observatory (University of Pierre and Marie Curie, France) and his team were able calculate the diameter of Eris in 2010. Pluto's diameter is a whopping 1,473 miles across compared to Eris's 1,445-mile-wide diameter. A definition that classifies an object solely by where it is while completely excluding what it is simply makes no sense. Empowering the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration. Science isn’t dictated by “popular” opinion. Herein you reveal a major problem with the IAU definition, namely, it could well result in the same object being labeled a planet in one location and not a planet in another location. In fact, I’m studying to be a professional astronomer partly to bring establish a new, more inclusive and braod planet definition. It is entirely possible that something that large could have been ejected out to the edges of the solar system. So if Pluto is a bit bigger, or roughly the same size, Eris must be much denser. Pluto may be a few tens of kilometers smaller than Eris, or a few tens of kilometers bigger. I don’t trust the US Congress to make good scientific decisions, but their proposal to defund JWST has caused its own rift among astronomers at NASA, and I’ve seen some very heated arguments between those who support JWST and those who prefer the money be spent on more robotic planetary explorations. Like Pluto, it is a bit smaller than our moon. As for how they are going to make the measurement, Alan continued: "Radio occultation and direct imaging is our best bet, but radio only gives us one chord and not a central one, so shape effects will make any result from [the radio experiment] model-dependent." And even JWST is a subject of controversy. Eris was discovered a few years back, and observations indicated it might be bigger (that is, have a larger diameter) than Pluto. The brightness of a distant object is a function of both its size and of how bright or dark its surface is. What difference does it make which one is bigger? Ever watch sesame street? We don’t ask kids to memorize all the rivers or mountains on Earth or all the moons of Jupiter. I may or may not transfer to a PhD program after that, but I certainly am not going to wait until then to publish my position on Pluto and planet definition. Eris is still smaller than the Earth’s Moon, … Both have satellites, so their masses can be deduced — and in this category Eris wins handily. “Planets” isn’t a debate, it is a (settled for now) definitional issue. This is pretty hard to do, because it didn't look like much more than a dot in telescopes; the diameter had to be inferred by its known distance and its brightness. If it were, we’d still be learning that Earth is the center of the universe. When you look at the physics of solar system formation, this layout makes sense. I think that the majority of professional astronomers are more concerned about getting the J.W.S.T. Translation: they will get a really precise number for how wide across Pluto is by timing the disappearance and reappearance of New Horizons' radio signal, but they aren't passing through the line that contains both Pluto's center and Earth, so they'll measure a smaller diameter and will have to use physics and geography to figure out what that smaller number implies for the biggest diameter. If planetary scientists feel that Pluto’s “diminished” status will have a negative impact on funding for science programs that target Pluto, then OK, I can understand that. Eris is still smaller than the Earth’s Moon, having about two thirds of the Moon’s diameter and one third of its volume. Eris's diameter is 1445 miles, which is less than 30 miles smaller than Pluto.... See full answer below. It takes about 13 hours for light to travel from Eris to us. The subsequent discovery of Dysnomia ( 4 ), a satellite of Eris, presented the opportunity to directly measure the mass of Eris by determining the Keplerian orbit of the satellite. astroengine writes "Look out, the battle of the dwarf planets is about to re-ignite! But a later estimate from observations with the Hubble Space Telescope said Eris might be 2,400 km in diameter, plus or minus 100 km. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G, Weekly email newsletter: with Ceres and Eris and the other dwarf planets. In contrast, Jupiter’s composition is much more like that of the Sun than like that of Earth–mostly hydrogen and helium. All rights reserved.Privacy Policy • Cookie DeclarationThe Planetary Society is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. . No one, especially Dr. Brown have any negative opinions of Pluto, scientifically speaking. There’s several classifications of planets, and “dwarf” planet is simply a new addition that helps us to classify Pluto, Eris and all the other dwarf planets, since they themselves all have similar characteristics. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. A Planetary Society retrospective, plus Carl Sagan's Adventure of the Planets and an inspiring young explorer. When Eris was first discovered, its inherent brightness (which was significantly brighter than Pluto) implied it was probably larger than Pluto. Like Pluto, Eris has a moon, which has been officially named by the International Astronomical Union as (136199) Eris I (Dysnomia). Most round worlds bulge in the middle due to their rotation (although slow-rotating dense worlds like Venus and Mercury do not). When Eris was first discovered, its inherent brightness (which was significantly brighter than Pluto) implied it was probably larger than Pluto. I am not interested in your wish to smear the personal character of a scientist, I am interested in SCIENCE. And the so-called controversy over which is bigger, Pluto or Eris, is meaningless because both are clearly well beyond the minimum mass and size for attaining hydrostatic equilibrium, meaning they are large enough to be rounded by their own gravity and therefore fit the geophysical definition for a planet. For comparison, Pluto is located around 40 AU from the Sun, but Eris orbits the Sun from 96.3 AU—more than double the remoteness of Pluto! Smaller worlds that are locked into spin-orbit resonance, like most of the solar system's biggish moons, usually have an ellipsoidal shape, where their polar axis is shortest and the axis that points to the thing it's orbiting is longest. Sure, Pluto likely has a crust, mantle and core. Indeed! The atmospheric modeling work is more consistent with a shallower atmosphere and hence larger Pluto, with diameter of more than 2360 kilometers; the "best guess" value is 2368, which would certainly be larger in diameter than Eris. How many types of galaxies? What has continued to not be up for debate, however, is that Eris is far more massive than Pluto. Eris, like Pluto, is a little smaller than Earth's Moon. What “both sides”? Cite your source on Dr. Brown referring to Tombaugh as a hick farmer boy, please. His newest book is called the Biological Universe, and features the search for life in the Milky Way and Beyond. Why not create a system similar to the Herzsprung Russell Diagram we have for stars to incorporate and classify the wide spectrum of planets we are discovering every day? Pluto and Eris are more than 50 percent larger than the next largest Edgeworth-Kuiper belt object. Eris is about half the size of Earth’s moon, Brown said. As astrologers know, however, size doesn’t matter – despite it’s tiny size, Pluto packs a powerful wallop. Do this from several telescopes in different locations, and you can map out the two-dimensional shape of the world on the sky, which gives you a pretty precise number on its diameter. Eris in Planet Wiki Research Notes THE IMPACT ERIS had on astronomy and our concept of the solar system is essential to her delineation. absolutely nothing. In any case, there's more at stake than knowing whether Eris is larger than Pluto or vice versa. We know the orbit pretty well, so we know the orbital speed pretty well, so timing how long the starlight winks out lets you determine how big the thing was where it crossed the star. What Alan is talking about here: using one number, the "diameter" of a world, to state its size, assumes its shape is a sphere. 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