Nov 12, 2015
Astronomers Discover Most Distant Solar System Object to Date Beyond the Kuiper Belt
Astronomers Discover Most Distant Solar System Object to Date Beyond the Kuiper Belt
An artist’s concept of a trans-Neptunian object beyond the Kuiper Belt. Astronomers have discovered a new such object half the size of Pluto, named V774104, which at a distance of 103 Astronomical Units away is the most distant Solar System object found to date. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Far from being an empty expanse of space in the deep reaches of the outer Solar System, the Kuiper Belt…
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