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New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto's Orbit
space.com ^
| 07/11/2016
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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TOPICS: Astronomy
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To: Monkey Face
See? I’m even too tired to carry on a decent conversation. My mind is drifting...away-y-y-y...
1,701
posted on
08/08/2016 1:23:50 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( Carry a knife with you in case there is cheesecake or you meet someone who needs to be stabbed.)
To: moose07
Bet you didn't need to read the article to know who's brilliant idea this is...
The proposal by New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, D-Middlesex, and Nicholas Chiaravalloti, D-Hudson...
(Did you guess correctly?)
1,702
posted on
08/08/2016 1:24:15 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: Tax-chick; ArGee
You Get What You Pay For.That's what I tell them at Church..
(Free only buys so much pianist/organist.. ;-)
1,703
posted on
08/08/2016 1:27:43 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: Monkey Face
If you had sent the email from an address that named you as Moe’sha you’d have gotten service.
1,704
posted on
08/08/2016 1:31:39 PM PDT
by
ArGee
(This I know will always be true. Men. Don't. Have. Babies.)
To: Tax-chick
Oops! I forgot to tell you: I got a card today with a small medallion in it! It’s going into the truck.
Mmmm-m-m-m..good sammich!
1,705
posted on
08/08/2016 1:32:01 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( Carry a knife with you in case there is cheesecake or you meet someone who needs to be stabbed.)
To: NoCmpromiz
Could never have guessed the names, but the political affiliation didn't exactly require much of a stretch of the imagination. :)
Looking at the names ,I'm not too sure on the pronunciation to tell you the truth.
1,706
posted on
08/08/2016 1:33:23 PM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: ArGee
How much more Moe’sha can you get than “monkeyface?”
1,707
posted on
08/08/2016 1:33:43 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( Carry a knife with you in case there is cheesecake or you meet someone who needs to be stabbed.)
To: Monkey Face
There is nothing quite like a well placed exclamation mark. :D
1,708
posted on
08/08/2016 1:34:50 PM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: moose07
I waited for you to snag it, but you didn’t show up! ;o])
1,709
posted on
08/08/2016 1:37:38 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( Carry a knife with you in case there is cheesecake or you meet someone who needs to be stabbed.)
To: Monkey Face
I am off to bed, kids. Tomorrow!
1,710
posted on
08/08/2016 1:38:15 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( Carry a knife with you in case there is cheesecake or you meet someone who needs to be stabbed.)
To: Monkey Face
Moesha.............?
My Babel Fish resigned on that one.
1,711
posted on
08/08/2016 1:38:39 PM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: Monkey Face
1,712
posted on
08/08/2016 1:39:36 PM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: Monkey Face
The NSA will come knocking for THAT one.
1,713
posted on
08/08/2016 1:42:45 PM PDT
by
ArGee
(This I know will always be true. Men. Don't. Have. Babies.)
To: NoCmpromiz
My people sometimes wonder if we’re good enough, and I tell them that if the congregation isn’t satisfied, they don’t have to pay us (which they already don’t), and that anyone who thinks they can do better is welcome to take a turn.
For the record, although we always welcome suggestions, we haven’t had any complaints.
1,714
posted on
08/08/2016 2:11:22 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("From the cradle to the grave, man is unteachable." ~ Winston Churchill)
To: Monkey Face
Glad it arrived! and have a good night.
1,715
posted on
08/08/2016 2:12:08 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("From the cradle to the grave, man is unteachable." ~ Winston Churchill)
To: ArGee
Thanks for letting us know. If you exercise that right, we are here to hear.
1,716
posted on
08/08/2016 5:09:54 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
To: Monkey Face
I am off to bed, kids. Tomorrow! FINE!
I'll tell you I just found out I'm gonna be a grandpa tomorrow.
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY MAKING ME WAIT LIKE THAT!
1,717
posted on
08/08/2016 5:13:40 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
To: null and void; Monkey Face
I suspect the serious wait time was incurred in letting your children grow to sufficient maturity to become parents.
1,718
posted on
08/08/2016 5:30:30 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
To: NicknamedBob
I hope this one made it...
1,719
posted on
08/08/2016 7:02:36 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
To: ArGee; Tax-chick
I was thinking that if I sent Algore a million anythings it would be a million email subscriptions to
WUWT...
1,720
posted on
08/08/2016 8:13:17 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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