NOIRLab noirlab2108: Astronomers Confirm Solar System’s Most Distant Known Object Is Indeed Farfarout — NOIRLab telescope helps define remote object’s distance and orbit. With the help of the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, and other ground-based telescopes, astronomers have confirmed that a faint object discovered in 2018 and nicknamed “Farfarout” is indeed the most distant object yet found in our ...

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Astronomers Confirm Solar System’s Most Distant Known Object Is Indeed Farfarout— NOIRLab telescope helps define remote object’s distance and orbit
10 Feb. 2021 — NOIRLab Science Release noirlab2108

With the help of the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, and other ground-based telescopes, astronomers have confirmed that a faint object discovered in 2018 and nicknamed “Farfarout” is indeed the most distant object yet found in our Solar System. The object has just received its designation from the International Astronomical Union.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2108/

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Feb. 10, 2021




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