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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 3:00 PM To: Matson, Robert D. Cc: [email protected] 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 > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
