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Eris is the second largest dwarf planet after Pluto. Almost as large as Pluto but somewhat more massive, it orbits the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit. On average it is more than 70 percent farther away from the sun than Pluto, and accordingly even colder. Eris probably consists mostly of rocky material, but its surface appears very bright, almost white, due to various types of ice and snow (water, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, and other hydrocarbons). In "summer", at Eris' closest approach to the sun, various frozen components of the surface evaporate or sublime and form a temporary "atmosphere". Eris itself has a small moon, not quite as large as the asteroid Ceres.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(dw…
My imaginary render shows this "summer" on Eris. The sun is the brightest star in an otherwise slightly hazy starry sky, but it is still about 300 times brighter than at full moon on Earth.
Dysnomia, the small moon is close to the horizon and is illuminated by the bright Eris also on its night side.

Terragen 4.5.60; Pixelmator 2.2

Description

Eris is the second largest dwarf planet after Pluto. Almost as large as Pluto but somewhat more massive, it orbits the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit. On average it is more than 70 percent farther away from the sun than Pluto, and accordingly even colder. Eris probably consists mostly of rocky material, but its surface appears very bright, almost white, due to various types of ice and snow (water, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, and other hydrocarbons). In "summer", at Eris' closest approach to the sun, various frozen components of the surface evaporate or sublime and form a temporary "atmosphere". Eris itself has a small moon, not quite as large as the asteroid Ceres.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(dw…
My imaginary render shows this "summer" on Eris. The sun is the brightest star in an otherwise slightly hazy starry sky, but it is still about 300 times brighter than at full moon on Earth.
Dysnomia, the small moon is close to the horizon and is illuminated by the bright Eris also on its night side.

Terragen 4.5.60; Pixelmator 2.2