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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Yes, and you don’t have to have a complete parallel to add some interesting elements.
And that’s probably the best thing about the books: the Nordic history is implied, but still, one is not quite sure of the genealogies of all the races.
Meaning, they could be us, centuries before.
And I forgot to ask how the Competitor Plumbing Corp handled the broken toilet?
Our family, both sides, is heavily Germanic, especially when you go back a few hundred years. Anoreth has particularly embraced this, and I don’t blame her, given her inclinations. (If we had Spanish to work with, she might have done that, but we don’t ;-).
Regardless of your personal heritage, if you’re an English language speaker, you can get into the Germanic mood.
Fixed it in less than half an hour, and used the parts Tom had bought. Just had more finesse!
Especially if a signature is required..
But FedEx is noted for leaving things in plain sight on your porch without doorbell ringing or knocking or otherwise announcing their presence. Which might be OK if your closest neighbor speaks Moo, but not if your porch is visible from a well traveled path..
In my subdivision, things dropped on the front step are pretty safe.
LOL!
I had an unexpected trip into LV — the far NW side this morning, and as I was turning in the driveway, I saw two cars coming at me. I didn’t pay any attention to them but went ahead and backed into my spot.
I shut the engine off and heard the engine still running. I caught movement out of my left eye and saw Oscar the Grouch, making the same pivot a few feet farther away, and he backed in right beside me, before I could even set the emergency brake!.
I don’t think he was happy, but ohwell. LOL! The nerve of that guy!
And now, fans, I’m taking my body to bed and read and play solitaire or whatever until I’m ready to sleep. With luck, I’ll go to Wally’s in the morning.
Night! We’re going to the gym for yoga and other activities, since we were constrained this morning by the Real Plumber.
I read them in my early 20’s when they were the underground rage in colleges....nearly fifty years ago.
;>)
Also read the National Lampoon satire, “Bored of the Rings” back then... the Bilbo character in the last throes of battling Gollum for the ring in the darkest cavern finds pity for the creature....”pity that his .38 Smith and Wesson had run out of bullets.”
I bought my first set of LOTR in an office supply store, for the same reason: It was underground. And the boxed set contained the four volumes. And yes, I did the Lampoon satire of “Bored of the Rings,” too!
I read them every year until the movies came out. I need to read them again, and then go after the Harry Potter books once more. I think I have them all, in assorted sizes and bindings...
Hmmm....have to see if I still have that set.
Of course, now I'm curious..
It seems they quit flying them in 1984. A preservation group is restoring/ has restored one at the Port Clinton Airport, now Erie International Airport..
I stand corrected. It is now the Erie-Ottawa International Airport (KPWC)...
I had “Bored of the Rings” as well. It was very funny!
Today Inspector Barnaby is off to Chipping Camden.
That looks like it was designed to fly.
Not just a vague concept with wings.
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