Tag: Planet X
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Farout! Astronomers identify the most distant known object in our solar system
An artist’s conception shows the distant object known as 2018 VG18 or “Farout.” (Carnegie Institution for Science Illustration / Roberto Molar Candanosa) Astronomers say they’ve discovered the most distant body ever observed in our solar system, a potential dwarf planet that’s about 11 billion miles from the sun. Its nickname? “Farout.” The far-out object —…
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Search for Planet Nine turns up a way-out dwarf planet that’s called ‘The Goblin’
The International Space Station leaves a streak above the Subaru Telescope in a long-exposure image. Observations using the Subaru Telescope led to the discovery of the mini-world known as The Goblin. (Subaru Telescope / NAOJ Photo / Hideaki Fujiwara) While searching for a hypothetical Planet Nine, astronomers found a distant mini-world that’s been given a…