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The five dwarf planets of our Solar System

06/12/2016

The realm of the dwarf planets: a view from the Virtual Telescope

Our Solar System is a much more fascinating and complex place than many of us believe. Only ten years ago, astronomers decided that Pluto was indeed not a planet, but a dwarf one, creating...

The dwarf planet (136199) Eris: 29 Sept. 2014

asteroid / dwarf planet

10/15/2014

(136199) Eris: a new visit (29 Sept. 2014)

After a sight late in 2013, at Virtual Telescope we visited again the famous dwarf planet (136199) Eris again. It is always fascinating looking for far in the Solar System: Eris is the farthest...

dwarf planet

12/05/2013

The dwarf planet (136199) Eris: 3 Dec. 2013

Everybody out there knows the story of Pluto and how it was demoted (2006) from its status of ordinary planet. One of the events further triggering this decision was the announcement on 29 July 2005...