March 15, 2004

Scientists: Most distant object in solar system found

Posted by jburk to General News at March 15, 2004 10:58 AM

Scientists may have discovered the solar system's most distant object, more than three times farther away from the sun than Pluto. The object -- about 8 billion miles (12.8 billion kilometers) from Earth -- has been given the provisional name of Sedna, after the Inuit goddess who created sea creatures of the Arctic.
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So in what direction is this new planetoid. The furthest man made probe (voyager's) are at least this far out if not beyound it already. They probably do not have the equipment, that would lend for study by these probes but it's a thought.

Posted by: Harold LaValley at March 15, 2004 12:59 PM