... is it real ? Does it now rank as our furthest body at 120au out from Sol, usurping Aries ?
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Astronomy / Space Dwarf Planet 'Farout'....
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I read this the other day:
https://www.theguardian.com/science...ify-most-distant-known-object-in-solar-system
Provisionally named 2018 VG18, but nicknamed Farout by its discoverers, the body is 120 astronomical units (AU) from the sun. One AU is equal to the average distance from the Earth to the sun, or just under 150m kilometres. The previous furthest known object was Eris, 96 AU from the sun.
“2018 VG18 is much more distant and slower moving than any other observed solar system object, so it will take a few years to fully determine its orbit,” .....
The team say Farout’s brightness suggests it is about 500km (310 miles) wide, and it is probably spherical. It has a pinkish hue, which they say means it is probably covered in ice.
The article even uses a picture of it:
[where is it]
https://www.theguardian.com/science...ify-most-distant-known-object-in-solar-system
Provisionally named 2018 VG18, but nicknamed Farout by its discoverers, the body is 120 astronomical units (AU) from the sun. One AU is equal to the average distance from the Earth to the sun, or just under 150m kilometres. The previous furthest known object was Eris, 96 AU from the sun.
“2018 VG18 is much more distant and slower moving than any other observed solar system object, so it will take a few years to fully determine its orbit,” .....
The team say Farout’s brightness suggests it is about 500km (310 miles) wide, and it is probably spherical. It has a pinkish hue, which they say means it is probably covered in ice.
The article even uses a picture of it:
[where is it]
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U presume correctly.
Send a probe !
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