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About the Object	Object Name: 2003 VB12 ("Sedna") Object Type: Previously undetected Solar System body Position (J2000): RA: 3h15m10s Dec: +5d38m15s Current Distance: 8 billion miles Constellation (15 March 2004): Cetus
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/Caltech/M. Brown Exposure Date: November 14, 2003 Image Scale: 3.4 x 3.4 arcmin Orientation: North is up Release Date: March 15, 2004
Observers:	Mike Brown (Caltech) Chad Trujillo (Gemini Observatory, Hawaii) David Rabinowitz (Yale University)

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• Mike Brown's Sedna Page

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