Farthest, Faintest Solar System Objects Found Beyond Neptune
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered three of the faintest and smallest objects ever detected beyond Neptune. Each object is a lump of ice and rock — roughly the size of Philadelphia — orbiting beyond Neptune and Pluto, where the icy bodies may have dwelled since the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
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About the Object
Name: | 2000 FV530, 2003 BF91, 2003 BG91, 2003 BH91 |
Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body |
Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |