2017 OF 201 was initially spotted at a distance of 90.5 astronomical units, more than twice Pluto's orbital distance of about 40 astronomical units. Its orbit is an extreme ellipse, bringing it in as ...

All distances are average and approximate, as it's difficult to be accurate with such large distances. Planets are also at different distances from each other depending on where they are in orbit at a ...

A mysterious cosmic traveler has found its way to the Solar System from the uncharted reaches of interstellar space. The rare ...

A diagram showing the planets in our solar system If the black hole got a bit closer — say, 100 astronomical units, or just beyond the orbit of Pluto — it could change the orbits of Uranus ...

Pitjeva, E.V. (2005) The astronomical unit now. Transits of Venus New Views of the Solar System and Galaxy. Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium 196, 2004, Kurtz, D. W., Ed., Cambridge University Press, ...

A comet is currently hurtling its way through our solar system despite it originating elsewhere, US space agency Nasa has ...

Earth's orbital distance from the sun is called an astronomical unit. 2017 OF201 is currently located at a distance of 90.5 astronomical units from the sun, meaning 90.5 times as far as Earth.