♫ And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today ♫
2018 VG18 a.k.a. Farout artist concept, Roberto Molar Candanosa / Carnegie Institution for Science
Dear PINK’s
An international team of astronomers has discovered the furthest object ever detected in the Solar System. Nicknamed “Farout”, it’s a small round object with a pinkish hue located 17.95 billion kilometers (11.15 billion miles) from the Sun. The color is common in ice-rich objects. […] Its official designation is 2018 VG18 and it is 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter. It’s the first object discovered further than 100 astronomical units (AU) from our star, with 1 AU being the Earth-Sun distance. Farout is at a distance of 120 AU, significantly further out than dwarf planet Eris, which is at 96 AU. Pluto, by comparison, is at 34 AU. […] Because 2018 VG18 is so distant, it orbits very slowly, likely taking more than 1,000 years to take one trip around the Sun.
source IFL Science / Merci OLA
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