Science
Astronomers Just Confirmed The Most Distant Known Object in The Solar System – ScienceAlert
The most distant known object in the Solar System is now confirmed. FarFarOut, a large chunk of rock found in 2018 at a whopping distance of around 132 astronomical…
The most distant known object in the Solar System is now confirmed. FarFarOut, a large chunk of rock found in 2018 at a whopping distance of around 132 astronomical units from the Sun, has been studied and characterised, and we now know a lot more about it, and its orbit.
It’s about 400 kilometres (250 miles) across, which is on the low end of the dwarf planet scale, and initial observations suggest it has an average orbital distance of 101 astronomical units – that’s 101 times the distance between…
-
Noosa News16 hours agoChild, 15, arrested over death of another child, 8, after shocking e-bike crash in Queensland
-
General14 hours agoCrowe toasts talkback titan for platforming ‘voiceless’
-
Business16 hours agoSolid superannuation gains continue to roll in
-
Noosa News14 hours agoQueensland Drug and Alcohol Court provides sentencing options – Proctor