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Sicardy B Ortiz JL Assafin M Jehin E Maury A Lellouch E Hutton RG Braga-Ribas F Colas F Hestroffer D Lecacheux J Roques F Santos-Sanz P Widemann T Morales N Duffard R Thirouin A Castro-Tirado AJ Jelínek M Kubánek P Sota A Sánchez-Ramírez R Andrei AH Camargo JI da Silva Neto DN Gomes AR Martins RV Gillon M Manfroid J Tozzi GP Harlingten C Saravia S Behrend R Mottola S Melendo EG Peris V Fabregat J Madiedo JM Cuesta L Eibe MT Ullán A Organero F Pastor S de Los Reyes JA Pedraz S Castro A 《Nature》2011,478(7370):493-496
The dwarf planet Eris is a trans-Neptunian object with an orbital eccentricity of 0.44, an inclination of 44 degrees and a surface composition very similar to that of Pluto. It resides at present at 95.7 astronomical units (1?AU is the Earth-Sun distance) from Earth, near its aphelion and more than three times farther than Pluto. Owing to this great distance, measuring its size or detecting a putative atmosphere is difficult. Here we report the observation of a multi-chord stellar occultation by Eris on 6 November 2010 UT. The event is consistent with a spherical shape for Eris, with radius 1,163?±?6?kilometres, density 2.52?±?0.05 grams per cm(3) and a high visible geometric albedo, Pv = 0.96(+0.09)(-0.04). No nitrogen, argon or methane atmospheres are detected with surface pressure larger than ~1?nanobar, about 10,000 times more tenuous than Pluto's present atmosphere. As Pluto's radius is estimated to be between 1,150 and 1,200 kilometres, Eris appears as a Pluto twin, with a bright surface possibly caused by a collapsed atmosphere, owing to its cold environment. We anticipate that this atmosphere may periodically sublimate as Eris approaches its perihelion, at 37.8 astronomical units from the Sun. 相似文献
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