Astronomers Have Found the Most Distant Dwarf Planet in the Solar System to Date

By Chelsea Gohd

Dec 17, 2018 11:03 PMMay 17, 2019 9:38 PM

Artist concept of 2018 VG18, nicknamed "Farout." (Credit: Illustration by Roberto Molar Candanosa is courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science.)

An artist's visualization of the newly discovered dwarf planet 2018 VG18, or "Farout," with our sun in the background. (Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Carnegie Institution for Science)

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