Astronomers Spot Most Distant Object So Far In The Solar System

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We somehow managed to find something “three times farther than Pluto is from the sun.”

The dwarf planet, known for now simply as V774104, is more than 100 times farther from the sun than we are. Astronomers aren't sure what it's doing out there, but they're hoping follow-up studies of its orbit will teach them more.
 
It's amazing we possess the technology to still find celestial bodies part of our own solar system, let alone detect the edge of matter in the universe via red shift.
 
Need to get some more planets discovered PRONTO, even if they are just dwarf planets in our own solar system, need to sweep that Geoff Marcy fiasco under the rug.
 
Article said it is much smaller than our own moon.

So do you call it a dwarf planet... or a large asteroid?
 
Article said it is much smaller than our own moon.

So do you call it a dwarf planet... or a large asteroid?

If it is massive enough such that gravity pulled it into a a spherical shape and isn't orbiting another planet then it gets the distinction of dwarf planet, which is why our Moon is not a dwarf planet, and Ceres which is located in the asteroid belt is a dwarf planet.
 
We somehow managed to find something “three times farther than Pluto is from the sun.”

The dwarf planet, known for now simply as V774104, is more than 100 times farther from the sun than we are. Astronomers aren't sure what it's doing out there, but they're hoping follow-up studies of its orbit will teach them more.

I reckon its very coldly rotating round the sun while it rotates.
 
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