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Object ‘Farfarout’ confirmed as the most distant object in our solar system – Digital Trends

Astronomers confirmed the orbit of the most distant object in our solar system, and have found that at times it is even further away than previously thought.

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This illustration imagines what the distant object nicknamed Farfarout might look like in the outer reaches of our Solar System.NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva
Astronomers have confirmed the orbit of the most distant object in our solar system, and have found that at times it is even further away than previously thought.
The object, appropriately nicknamed “Farfarout,” was discovered in 2018 using the Subaru Telescope. It was thought to be 140 times further away from the sun than the Earth, which is…

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