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Old 23-11-2008, 07:59 PM
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Re: planet Eris far,far away

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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17 View Post
Is it part of the Kuiper Belt or further out in the Oort Cloud?
It is in eccentric orbit extending beyond the Kuiper Belt - what is known as a trans-Neptunian scattered disc object. (Or, as some prefer, a scattered Kuiper belt object).

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