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Is Pluto the most-distant object in the solar system?

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No, there are a lot of objects more distant than Pluto. Sedna, probably a dwarf planet, has an aphelion of about 31 times the distance of Neptune. Long period comets are thought to be even further out. The Oort cloud, which is part of the solar system, lies at its edge at 50,000 AUs distant.

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