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Sedna's aphelion (furthest point in orbit away from sun) is estimated to be 960 astronomical units (32 times Neptune's distance), while its closest approach is 76 astronomical units (AU). For the majority of its eccentric, 11,400 year orbit, it is very far from the sun, the furthest known object in our solar system. Sedna can therefore give astronomers information on objects that are far out in our solar system. Some astronomers think that it came about due to Neptune's influence, but others suggest that it never comes close enough to Neptune for this to be so, believing that it may have been deflected by the gravity of a passing star - that it was once part of the theoretical Oort cloud.

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