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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Awwww... floofy squee!
I’m going to head for the shower in a bit, but there will be two pounds less of me to do it. YAY, me!
LOL!!! I just noticed! ROTFL!
Yay, YOU!
I’m going to take a shower this morning, too.
*tagline*
Hey! #1944 was a good year, missy! ;o])
*spioon*
True.
Maybe she meant “spittoon”?
*correction* Thanks to the Teacher, Mr Bob.
You know me so well, Nully. Can I offer you some coughie?
Well, the retail outlet copy suggests the yuck factor is a plus to indoctrinate the young in tea drinking. Sort of a Garbage Can Kids Candy, Gummi Worms thing.
from the image site:
“SET OF 4: Lazy Man Tea Infusers - The 100% BPA-free silicone construction is easy to clean. Constructed from silicone, which is soft, food-safe and tasteless. Size: 4-3/4 by 3-1/4 inches.”
“CUTE: Kids love this cute little guy so it’s a great way to learn them to drink tea and have fun in the mean while.”
Strange new world tea ceremony.
But where and how much??? I don’t have the slightest idea how to search for things on the Internet, when I don’t know the name of the thing.
Lazy Man? Hmmm... No telling what I’ll get.
That's what many of us thought back in 2008... how'd that turn out?
search for Lazy Man Tea Unfuser, that'll do it. Amazon had them 4/$15 or so.
Cute duckling. I’m about to find Jake and try to stuff him into the Unacceptable Receptacle for his fun trip to the vet.
Jake’s back from the vet. I was just calling to explain that he wasn’t coming because I couldn’t find him when he showed up, all unsuspecting-like. He feels betrayed now.
Jake will never trust you again...ever... even now Jake is plotting a multi-tier, multi-front campaign of revenge against you.
See, Jake's already put up the sign....you are toast.
Oh. My. Gosh. What beauties!
Ol’ Deaf June had a Maine Coon, and he was tiger striped gray and black. When she began to get ill, he kind of short-circuited, and began to attack her, periodically.
When she passed away, a neighbor took him, as his cat had died. But the cat turned totally evil and eventually had to be put down. He was about 17, so I think his age had a lot to do with his behavior. He had been with June the entire time.
I felt bad for him, but he just went nuts when she began to get sick. The entire episode, from the time he began to attack her to the time she died was about a month.
Yes, yes...I can see that, now. Tax-chick on toast, served with Lazy Man Tea holder...
I can see that the end is not pretty...
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