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A planetoid of rock and ice about three-quarters the size of Pluto discovered in 2003; the most distant object known to orbit around the sun.

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  • The planetoid known as Sedna is more than 8 billion miles from the sun.
  • O'BRIEN: We've been calling Sedna a planetoid.
  • They're talking about Sedna as being an ort object.
  • O'BRIEN: What exactly is the big deal here with Sedna?
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