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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What was that Stephen King book about the big batteries that were buried in the forest...? I read it twice, then saw the movie, but I’ll be darned if I can recall the name. I’ve read most of his stuff and some was better than others. And others were forgettable.
Wellthen. That makes me feel much better, thanks! (We likes riddles, yes, we doess, Preciouss.)
Are you just lurking on the UT? Or did you find it by design? We welcome all comers, of course, and you can be added to the ping list for the Flying Castle/Undead Thread, but it is an extremely low ping rate. Usually only when we find fresh meat to play with, which is not very often, these days.
Ah...
More verses of the song.. ;-)
Pasta salad.
I don’t feel at all well. I might be coming down with something ... or I might just be reaching the end of my rope.
I don’t remember big batteries buried in the forest but there was one with batteries and a spaceship buried in the forest called “The Tommyknockers.” That’s the last of his works I read and if it was made into a movie I never saw it.
Take care of yourself.
I’m sure the children make that easy. ;)
Yes, that was it. The batteries were the spaceship. The movie wasn’t “all that.”
Oh, noes! I will add a special prayer for you tonight. I hope it’s nothing serial. I hope you feel better by morning!
Pasta salad sounds good! Maybe next time I go shopping, I’ll get some. Wally’s macaroni salad isn’t too bad at all.
And I’m on my way to bed. My eyes are trying to slam shut.
I read the book and saw the movie.
I regret both.
Hope you all have a good night. DP is going to drive me to Walmart to get refreshments for my prayer group tomorrow. I’m having a dizziness issue. I think it’s sinus.
“I gotz my fierce on!”
Cute floofy.
Are you feeling better this morning?
It’s 64 degrees, S @ 6 mph, 23%, clear. *shiver*
I will plan on swapping out my summer clothes for winter ones next week.
Sounds nice. It’s hot here.
I’m feeling a little better. We found a decongestant.
When I was working, my sinus allergies to the building (asbestos) were so bad that I was put on Augmentin, which is what they give cancer patients. I quit work and my allergies (mostly) disappeared.
I think I finally eradicated the little beastie in the bedroom, after five more bites to my hands, which are normally outside the covers. I sprayed the bed when I changed the sheets.
Today is the first I’ll be wearing a long-sleeved shirt until Spring. *brrrr*
Morning. We didn’t go live last weekend so we really kinda have to this weekend, but we’re chasing a nasty memory leak.
Ugh.
Good luck! I’m headed to church for my prayer group meeting. Bill can drive Elen to school, and Tom can pick her up.
It could be verse...
But a prose, by any other name ...
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