On January 5, 2005, astronomers at NASA discovered Eris, the second-largest dwarf planet in the solar system. Eris is just slightly smaller than Pluto, and it orbits the sun about three times farther ...
In 2003, Palomar Observatory astronomers were in the midst of their search for planet-sized objects beyond Neptune when they imaged Eris – but because they'd limited their search based on the speed ...