Jodrell Bank arboretum - Eris plaque
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Jodrell Bank arboretum - Eris plaque by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
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Jodrell Bank arboretum - Eris plaque
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 22 Jun 2019
Beneath the canopy of a tall tree Image is a steel plaque which marks the furthest known dwarf planet in our solar system - Eris, discovered in 2005. This is one of a set of such plaques within the Jodrell Bank site with the 'sun' Image being close to the Lovell telescope 969 metres away. However Eris has a very eccentric orbit, meaning its distance from the sun varies widely (but of the order of 10^10km), so the scale distance is somewhat arbitrary.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.24267
Longitude
-2.298153