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.

Credit:

NASA/ESA, G. Bernstein and D. Trilling (University of Pennsylvania)

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo0325b
Type:Planetary
Release date:6 September 2003, 21:00
Size:417 x 417 px

About the Object

Name:2000 FV530, 2003 BF91, 2003 BG91, 2003 BH91
Type:Solar System : Interplanetary Body
Category:Solar System

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606 nm Hubble Space Telescope
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