Science
Scientists confirm discovery of the most distant object of the Solar System – Inverse
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a planetoid four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, nicknamed ‘Farfarout.’
In January 2018, scientists gazing out
beyond the known objects of the Solar System spotted something new: A small object, seemingly bound in orbit around the Sun. Scientists nicknamed this speck ‘Farfarout,’ for its distant location from the star about four times farther than Pluto is from the Sun.
Now, after years of follow-up observations, we can finally confirm: Farfarout is in fact a planetoid, and the most distant object in the Solar System.
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