Discovering 2018 VG18 (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Discovering 2018 VG18

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Discovery images of 2018 VG18, nicknamed "Farout," from the Subaru Telescope on Nov. 10, 2018. Farout moves between the two discovery images while the background stars and galaxies do not move over the one hour between images.

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Image is courtesy of Scott S. Sheppard and David Tholen.

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