known planets

Is Eris An Exoplanet? Under the IAU definition approved on August 24, 2006, Eris is a “dwarf planet,” along with objects such as Pluto, Ceres, Haumea and Makemake, thereby reducing the number of known planets in the Solar System to eight, the same as before Pluto’s discovery in 1930. What is Eris classified as? Eris