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English: An illustration showing the relative sizes, colors, shapes, and albedos of large trans-Neptunian objects with sizes of >700 km. Size uncertainties are shown with a dark colored arc, and objects with a lack of color data are represented by a black ellipse with a white outline.

Size measurement sources include: Nimmo et al. 2017 for the diameters of Pluto and Charon, Weaver et al. 2016 for the dimensions of Pluto's minor satellites, Sicardy et al. 2011 for the diameter of Eris, Brown and Butler 2023 for the diameter of Dysnomia, Kondratyev and Kornoukhov 2018 for the dimensions of Haumea, Ragozzine and Brown 2009 for the diameter of Namaka, Fernández-Valenzuela et al. 2024 for the dimensions and shapes of Hi'iaka and Weywot, Brown et al. 2013 for the dimensions of Makemake, Parker et al. 2016 for the diameter of S/2015 (136472) 1, Kiss et al. 2019 for the diameters of Gonggong and Xiangliu, Kiss et al. 2024 for the dimensions of Quaoar, Brown and Butler 2018 for the diameters of Orcus and Vanth, Lellouch et al. 2013 and Rommel et al. 2020 for the approximate diameter measurements of Sedna, Lellouch et al. 2017 and Brown and Butler 2017 for the diameter measurements of Salacia, Grundy et al. 2019 for the diameter of Actaea, Rommel et al. 2023 for the dimensions of 2002 MS4, Vilenius et al. 2014 and Grundy et al. 2005 for the approximate diameter measurements of 2002 AW197, Souami et al. 2020 for the dimensions and diameters of Varda and Ilmarë, Sheppard et al. 2018 for the diameters of 2013 FY27 and its satellite, Dias-Oliveira et al. 2017 for the dimensions of 2003 AZ84, Johnston's Archive for the approximate diameter of 2003 AZ84's satellite, and Levine et al. 2021 for the dimensions of Ixion.

Color sources include: approximations using TrueColorTools created by Askaniy that use color and geometric albedo data from Madden et al. 2018 and Verbiscer et al. 2022 for Pluto, Protopapa et al. 2020 and Verbiscer et al. 2022 for Charon, Weaver et al. 2016 and Howett et al. 2021 for Nix and Hydra, Lorenzi et al. 2016, Sicardy et al. 2011, and Verbiscer et al. 2022 for Eris, MBOSS, Dunham et al. 2019, and Verbiscer et al. 2022 for Haumea, Brown et al. 2010, Fernández-Valenzuela et al. 2024, and Verbiscer et al. 2022 (Haumean system albedo) for Hi'iaka and Namaka , Lorenzi et al. 2016, Hromakina et al. 2019, and Verbiscer et al. 2022 for Makemake, Boehnhardt et al. 2014 and Kiss et al. 2019 for Gonggong, Kiss et al. 2019 and Arakawa et al. 2021 for Xiangliu, Marchi et al. 2003, Pereira et al. 2023, and Verbiscer et al. 2022 for Quaoar, Brown et al. 2010 and Brown et al. 2018 for Orcus and Vanth, MBOSS and Lellouch et al. 2013 for Sedna, Stansberry et al. 2012 for Salacia and Actaea, MBOSS, Rommel et al. 2023, and Verbiscer et al. 2022 for 2002 MS4, MBOSS and Vilenius et al. 2014 for 2002 AW197, Grundy et al. 2015 and Souami et al. 2020 for Varda and Ilmarë, Sheppard et al. 2018 for 2013 FY27, MBOSS and Dias-Oliveira et al. 2017 for 2003 AZ84, and Marchi et al. 2003 and Verbiscer et al. 2022 for Ixion.
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Relative sizes, shapes, colors, and albedos of large trans-Neptunian objects with sizes of >700 km.

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current00:37, 25 January 2025Thumbnail for version as of 00:37, 25 January 2025512 × 251 (13.35 MB)LunaTheSillyRemoved wrong designations, and updated color as per TCT updates
18:39, 21 November 2024Thumbnail for version as of 18:39, 21 November 2024512 × 251 (13.36 MB)LunaTheSillySmall color adjustment
15:07, 16 October 2024Thumbnail for version as of 15:07, 16 October 2024512 × 251 (13.37 MB)LunaTheSillyFixed the size of 2003 AZ84's satellite, which I accidentally used the radius instead of the diameter for size.
18:36, 2 October 2024Thumbnail for version as of 18:36, 2 October 2024512 × 251 (13.37 MB)LunaTheSillySmall tweak to Xiangliu
16:47, 30 September 2024Thumbnail for version as of 16:47, 30 September 2024512 × 251 (13.37 MB)LunaTheSillyAdded imagery of the Plutonian System and added clarity for objects without known color data.
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