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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I’m stealing that!
Mid-90s forecast here, pretty high humidity. Epic Fail Lawn Service will need to get to work after school tomorrow.
Maybe Tom could come and do my laundry tomorrow. I don’t feel much like doing it. I think this is going to be one of those days when I go hibernate in my bed.
I’ll go out and sit with the peeps for a while, and if I don’t feel better when I come in, I’m going to bed. Every once in a while, I get like this, and there isn’t much I can do but obey the body.
Okay. Well, I'm just being lazy.
I've got my fan, and the internet ... and it's Sunday.
Well..
So does New York. Here they’re in politics..
Yes, it is Sunday, and I’m usually spared political ads by the fascinating fare on PBS. Not today. The Great British Bake-Off, or some such. While I really like it in one-hour segments, today, it’s non-stop.
So sticking my nose in a book seems like a pleasant afternoon. And I have enough books to last quite a few days like this one.
I took some money from my stash yesterday to make the sloppy joes, but only just barely. I thought I had more ketchup than I did, so it was really close. I should have checked before I went to the store.
Of course, I shared with Charlie, and now, because I was so generous, I only have enough of the mixture to make one sandwich. And no ketchup to make any more. I’m slipping... No brems, Cisco, no brems.
Anyway, I’ll heat up what’s left and call it a meal, and then, depending on how I feel, I’ll head for bed.
Hello Everyone! Prayers that all is well with Home Base. Will return when Able if Cain ain’t raised (lol)
“I’m stealing that!”
Look after it. :)
Good Day to you NTI
Great to See you ! :)
It's amazing how much heat you can stand when you have a cold drink, a fan, and a book to read.
Howya, bud! All fine here, hope you are the same!
Hope you have a good night. I went to Mass, stayed to practice, went with DP to the wine store, drank some wine, bought some wine, filled the car with gas for Tom, and now DP is making fish tacos.
http://takimag.com/article/laid_up_and_losing_it_taki#axzz4HLeW7Nu7
Thought you might enjoy this piece of shameless Greek boosterism from Taki.
I remember when the movie came out. They would be older now but I an sure many of them are still around.
Not racist; merely having the white privilege to be an easy target.
But it’s not in Milwaukee..
Left over from the time before man, the Legendary White Moose.
Protector of the Great north Wood.
The sighting of such is an portent of things to come.
Be warned, the White Moose has returned!
*cue Music and End Credits*
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