Posted on 12/17/2018 10:02:52 AM PST by ETL
A team of astronomers has discovered the most-distant body ever observed in our Solar System. It is the first known Solar System object that has been detected at a distance that is more than 100 times farther than Earth is from the Sun. ..."
The Magellan observations confirmed that 2018 VG18 is around 120 AU, making it the first Solar System object observed beyond 100 AU. Its brightness suggests that it is about 500 km in diameter, likely making it spherical in shape and a dwarf planet."
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
Nibiru?
“ outer solar systems experts find ‘ far out there’ dwarf planet. “
Groovy.
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