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Eris Research Paper

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Eris has become increasingly popular over the years, as many new things have been discovered. Eris ,known as a dwarf planet, got its name from the Greek goddess Eris herself. Eris was named this because there was numerous amounts of discord between the name itself and the classification. An example of discord of the classification was whether or not it should have been a planet or dwarf planet but due to the reclassification of Pluto it also affected the classification of Eris causing it to become a dwarf planet. However this did not result in a decline in the popularity/attention in which this unique planet received. This planet still is special as it is “the most massive and farthest dwarf planet ever known.Eris is 96.4 astronomical units

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