Wow! A new trans-Neptunian object maybe twice the size of Pluto! That would make it the largest object found in the Solar System since Neptune in 1846!
Name | What | How big | When found |
Ganymede | satellite of Jupiter | 5262 km | 1610 |
Titan | satellite of Saturn | 5150 km | 1655 |
Mercury | planet | 4879 km | prehistoric |
Callisto | satellite of Jupiter | 4820 km | 1610 |
2003 EL61 | ?planet | ?4500 km | 2005 |
Io | satellite of Jupiter | 3642 km | 1610 |
Luna | satellite of Earth | 3476 km | prehistoric |
Europa | satellite of Jupiter | 3121 km | 1610 |
Triton | satellite of Neptune | 2706 km | 1846 |
Pluto | planet | 2390 km | 1930 |
I love the Gormenghast Trilogy and have read it at least 10 times since first reading it when I was 15. I also recommend the China Mieville books (obviously).