By: Kaitlyn S.
-Smallest dwarf planet
-It WAS a planet for half a century
-it is 32% of the asteroid belts mass
-it has no known moons
-Diameter is 3/4 of Pluto
-No known moons
-Discovered on March 31st 2005
-Changed to a Dwarf Planet in 2008
-the temperature is -406 degrees Fahrenheit (-240 Celcius)
-it appears to be red which is odd considering its red
-it has a thin icy crust
-it was named a Dwarf Planet in 2008
-it has a large red spot on its surface
-it has two moons Namaka and Hi'aka
-1st identified in 2005
-with the exceptions if some comets, it is the oat distant object In the solar system
-Bigger than Pluto
-it takes 560 years for Eris to orbit the sun ONCE
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