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<p>Mike Brown's team just realized that EL61 was eclipsing and being transited by its smallest moon these weeks as viewed from Earth. The Earth is in the orbital plane, exceptionnally.</p><p> http://www.mikebrownsplanets.com/2008/05/moon-shadow-monday-fixed.html</p><p> This should not occur again before 130 years.</p><p>It is a series of unexpected opportunities to study the shape of el61 (alledgedly a trixial ellipsoid despite the contradiction with the expectation of hydrostatic relaxation) and its potential atmosphere.</p>