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Astronomers confirm the most distant object in the Solar System – Engadget
Scientists have confirmed that Farfarout is the most distant object in the Solar System — it makes Pluto seem close.
The most distant Solar System object, Farout, has lost its crown after just two years. As Inversereports, astronomers have confirmed that the planetoid Farfarout is now the farthest known Solar System object. It’s currently 132AU, or about 12.3 billion miles from the Sun (Farout is ‘just’ 120AU away), and its elongated orbit will take it 175AU away. For context, Pluto is 34AU from our host star Farfarout reaches over five times that distance, and takes about 1,000 years to complete an orbit.
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