Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004, 6:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
Astronomers announced Monday the discovery of a large body that is the most distant object in the solar system, an object that could be part of the Oort Cloud. The object, officially known as 2003 VB12 but provisionally known as Sedna, was discovered by Caltech astronomers at Palomar Observatory in November 2003.

spacetoday.net: Large planetoid found in outer solar system