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Yes, there is a celestial object called Sedna (90377 Sedna), which is a dwarf planet candidate orbiting far beyond Neptune and Pluto. Its closest approach to the Sun is about 1.5 times the maximum for Pluto, with an extreme elliptical orbit varying from 76 AU to 975 AU.

As the farthest identified object orbiting the Sun, Sedna takes about 12,000 Earth years to complete one orbit. It will reach its next closest approach to the Sun in the year 2075. Only the dwarf planet Eris is current farther from the Sun.

Its size is estimated at approximately three-quarters the size of Pluto, or about 1,000 miles (1200-1600 km) in diameter.

(For size comparison with Earth, Moon and Pluto, please see the link below)

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Sedna rotates very slowly. It takes at least 20 days to complete a rotation, maybe as long as 50 days. The gravitational pull of a moon would be the best explanation for this slow rotation. Almost all other minor bodies in the solar system rotate in a matter of hours. Pluto has a six-day rotation because it has a satellite, Charon. But Sedna has no moon.

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How many moons does sedna have?

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Does planet sedna have any rings or moons?

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What consist the solar system?

The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Asteroid belt, Ceres (dwarf Planet inside the Asteroid belt) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Start of Kuiper belt (Dwarf planets Pluto, 2003 EL, Eris and Sedna). Jupiter is the largest planet and it also has the most moons: 63 Saturn has 56 moons Uranus has 27 Neptune has 13 Mars has 2 Earth has 1 and venus and mercury have none. Dwarf planets. Pluto has 3 moons 2003 EL has 2 moons Eris has 1 moon Sedna has none as far as astrologists know. But Sedna has an orbit lasting 10,500 years and is the coldest known place in the solar system.


Which is further sedna or Eris?

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Is sedna an asteroid?

No. Sedna is currently classified as a planetoid.


How many km is sedna from sun?

There is not a way to tell how many km are from the sun to Sedna. It is a long distence from the sun to Sedna.


What is sedna's Landscape?

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Is Sedna one of Saturn's moon?

Sedna is not a moon of Saturn. It is a dwarf planet that is located in the outer parts of the Solar System. Sedna was discovered in 2003.


Does Sedna also orbit around other dwarf planets?

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