4 posts and columns on Eris

Smartphone Price Cuts Ruining Long-Term Price Potential?

in News on November 23, 2009 at 7:32 am PT

As we head into the holidays, smartphone prices are dropping to points that belie their advanced feature sets. While this is great news for consumers, it may well be problematic for smartphone manufacturers.
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Celestial Plutoids? Shoulda Used Preparation P

in News on June 12, 2008 at 11:05 am PT

Delisted from the pantheon of celestial bodies back in 2006 for its weaker than expected planethood, and then pronounced second best to Eris, its recently discovered neighbor, Pluto is no longer the solar system’s bastard stepchild. Yesterday, the International Astronomical Union, which struck Pluto from the planetary rolls, decreed that all “transneptunian dwarf planets similar to Pluto” will henceforth be called “Plutoids.”
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Astronomers Delist Pluto, Citing Weaker-Than-Expected Dwarf Planethood

in News on June 15, 2007 at 2:14 pm PT

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in News on June 15, 2007 at 11:43 am PT

The scientific community really has it out for Pluto, doesn’t it? Delisted from the planetary rolls last year after a wholesale redefinition of planethood determined it was actually the largest of the dwarf planets, Pluto suffered another humiliation yesterday when astronomers announced that Eris, Pluto’s recently discovered neighbor, outweighs it by about 27%.