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The most distant object yet observed in the solar system
has recently been discovered. Also, Venus will move across
the face of the Sun in June for the first time in 122 years!

By the way, the most distant known object in the Solar
System is, or very shortly will be, the Voyager 1
space probe, which is now about the same distance from
the Sun as "Sedna" (circa 14 million km).

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 23:01:29 -0800, Christopher M. Jones wrote:

By the way, the most distant known object in the Solar
System is, or very shortly will be, the Voyager 1
space probe, which is now about the same distance from
the Sun as "Sedna" (circa 14 million km).

Isn't Oort cloud out there even further?

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In sci.space.policy jafar wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 23:01:29 -0800, Christopher M. Jones wrote:

By the way, the most distant known object in the Solar
System is, or very shortly will be, the Voyager 1
space probe, which is now about the same distance from
the Sun as "Sedna" (circa 14 million km).

Isn't Oort cloud out there even further?

Yes, but nobodies actually detected any body out there.

jafar wrote in message ...
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 23:01:29 -0800, Christopher M. Jones wrote:

By the way, the most distant known object in the Solar
System is, or very shortly will be, the Voyager 1
space probe, which is now about the same distance from
the Sun as "Sedna" (circa 14 million km).

Isn't Oort cloud out there even further?

Yes, but it has not been observed.

Actually, now that I think about it I need to amend my
statement since it's not quite 100% accurate. More
accurately, Voyager 1 is the most distant currently
tracked object in the Solar System. Since there are
known comets that passed through the inner Solar System
in the past which are probably farther out than 90 AU
now, though they are not currently being tracked or
observed.

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:11:41 -0800, Christopher M. Jones wrote:

Since there are
known comets that passed through the inner Solar System
in the past which are probably farther out than 90 AU
now, though they are not currently being tracked or
observed.

I think its because the fact that those little balls of ice are to far
distant to shine into our measly telescopes.
We need someone to build a massive orbital array telescope now. That would
make Hubble look like a pair of broken bifocals in comparison

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Jafar As-Sadiq Calley
Senior 1st Officer
Livewire Airlines
http://www.livewireairlines.com/