The first trans-Neptunian object found with a diameter similar to that of Pluto, and one of the largest dwarf planets; also known as minor planet (136199). Eris is 2326 km in diameter, has a mean density of 2.5 g/cm3 and a mass 1.3 times that of Pluto. Infrared spectroscopy reveals the presence of methane ice on its surface. Eris has a satellite, Dysnomia, about 0.3 its diameter, which orbits it every 15.8 days. Eris was discovered in 2005 by the American astronomers Michael Edwards Brown (1965– ), Chadwick Aaron Trujillo (1973– ), and David Lincoln Rabinowitz (1960– ). Its orbit has a perihelion of 37.7 au, aphelion 97.6 au, inclination 44°.2, and period 556.6 years, placing it among the scattered-disk objects.