Posted on 07/12/2016 8:03:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Pluto isn't quite as lonely as scientists had thought.
Astronomers have discovered another dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, the ring of icy objects beyond Neptune. But this newfound world, dubbed 2015 RR245, is much more distant than Pluto, orbiting the sun once every 700 Earth years, scientists said. (Pluto completes one lap around the sun every 248 Earth years.)
"The icy worlds beyond Neptune trace how the giant planets formed and then moved out from the sun," discovery team member Michele Bannister, of the University of Victoria in British Columbia, said in a statement. "They let us piece together the history of our solar system."
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The exact size of 2015 RR245 is not yet known, but the researchers think it's about 435 miles (700 kilometers) wide. Pluto is the largest resident of the Kuiper Belt, with a diameter of 1,474 miles (2,371 km).
The research team first spotted 2015 RR245 in February of this year, while poring over images that the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii took in September 2015 as part of the ongoing Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS).
"There it was on the screen — this dot of light moving so slowly that it had to be at least twice as far as Neptune from the sun," Bannister said.
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No Estonians ever came to assist. Just Finns. With the same English abilities as the original translator... ;-)
Often accompanied by a cloud of body odor. I can understand if they had to melt the glacier to bathe, but Hyvinkää isn’t that far north. Not to mention the hotels in NYC I’m sure had showers available in their rooms...
Hmmm, that could be it. Jake was out all night, too ... I hope he didn’t eat Bill!
Trampolining was amusing, although a bit disorienting, especially since I had my glasses off. The place was near the university, and there were a number of college-age young men doing acrobatics that suggested they were on the gymnastics or diving teams. Very impressive.
I chose a good time: a large group from a summer day care program was coming in just as our time was up.
That would be awful!
I forgot yogurt when I went to Wally’s this morning, so I will go back in the morning. *sigh* I will also get another tub, but I don’t know if I will get more than one box.
This trip to Wally’s will pretty much wipe out the funds for a while. Tubs are now almost $5. I figured I better get them before the price goes up another dollar.
About 50 children in the 8-12 range, with few adults. Not fun.
We got Chinese takeout on the way home. I can go to Walmart in the morning, before choir.
When our semi-outdoor cats catch something, be it bird, rodent, or whatever, they usually carry it up to the house for consumption. We usually can ID the what-it-was by visual of the orts..
If you don’t find red feathers, Bill is probably safe. ;-)
WOW. Are you “bed-raggled,?” As my niece said, the first time she read the word. ;o]
Chinese takeout sounds very good, right now. I don’t know whether to go to the Rose Garden or Panda Express. Hmmmm....Rose Garden is closer...
Tomorrow or another day, but not today. The monsoon wiped me out today. Bed is looking bedder and bedder.
I remember doing trampoline in my one gymnastics class in school.
A long long time ago but in this galaxy.
Good heavens! How much yogurt do you EAT?
That, my dear, is a state secret. If I tell you, I have to send a Rhesus monkey to type at your computer for an hour, uninterrupted. Now, Sir, I ask you: Is the answer worth all THAT?
As long as the monkey hits “Spell” before “post” , it could be worth a laugh.
Now about this Yogurt..... :D
I buy yogurt in quarts, not tubs.
Just as long as it’s Black Cherry flavour.
With real fruit pieces.
Now why is there a Rhesus Monkey staring through the Window and waving?
Vanilla. Did you order a Rhesus Monkey?
Jake usually shreds his kill on the cement patch outside the back door.
Don’t think anyone here has ordered a Rhesus Monkey.
Do Rhesus Monkeys just happen spontaneously from time to time?
Nobody expects a rhesus monkey, yet there he is, like a cat on top of the ballet and opera reviews in the Wall Street Journal.
“Nobody expects a rhesus monkey”
Or a Comfortable Chair....
The chair has a cat it in. Not the one lounging in the WSJ arts section: a different one.
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