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Above: Alexandra Chauran and daughter, Eris, play Half the Sky Movement: The Game together.
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Another team, using a radio telescope in Spain, has measured Eris to be some 700km larger than Pluto.
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It is a founding member of ERIS, which has developed a futures contract that mimics a variable Libor-based interest rate swap.
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Eris has a moon, and this too now has an official name: Dysnomia, the daughter of Eris known as the spirit of lawlessness.
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Eris - initially given the codename "Xena" after a TV character - was discovered on 8 January, 2005, at the Palomar Observatory in California.
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The "new" Solar System agreed at the IAU's General Assembly has eight planets - Mercury to Neptune - and at least three dwarf planets: Pluto, Eris and the largest asteroid in the Solar System, Ceres.
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As a bonus, we've got giveaways for everyone in the audience, plus one of the lucky attendees will walk away with that Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 bundle we just got our hands on -- and HTC will be giving away a Droid Eris Sprint Hero as well!
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