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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: ThomasThomas
Does somebody need to call a toe truck?
Two things, without knowing what’s wrong with your toe; wrap the toe against your other toes, to help support it and heal.
Second, get some concentrated cherry juice to drink. I found some tart cherry juice at my grocery store and I’ve been drinking it for a while.
It may not be helping but it isn’t hurting.
Or call a toe truck.
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posted on
09/15/2016 10:04:49 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
To: ThomasThomas
Oh you poor ,Chap.
What you done to it?
3,302
posted on
09/16/2016 2:10:50 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: ThomasThomas
Very sorry about your toe.
3,303
posted on
09/16/2016 2:30:02 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Talk less. Smile more.)
To: Tax-chick; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...
3,304
posted on
09/16/2016 2:31:33 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Talk less. Smile more.)
To: Tax-chick
Good Morning TC.
I see that the new Mouse “Protective Armour “ battle suit is undergoing field trials.
3,305
posted on
09/16/2016 2:50:41 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: moose07
One has to wonder what happened next!
3,306
posted on
09/16/2016 2:53:06 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
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To: Tax-chick
No idea.
But your order on Amazon went through successfully. :)
3,307
posted on
09/16/2016 2:56:19 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: moose07
LOL! I’ll be waiting anxiously for the UPS truck!
3,308
posted on
09/16/2016 3:03:18 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Talk less. Smile more.)
To: Tax-chick
Truck?
This is what just left the depot:

When Kitties order, Kitties Order Big !
3,309
posted on
09/16/2016 3:09:57 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: moose07
Then I’ll anxiously await the credit card bill!
3,310
posted on
09/16/2016 3:13:18 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Talk less. Smile more.)
To: Tax-chick
Something I do like about UPS, when they first arrived over here they didn’t just purchase the “mighty Transit Van” or the “Motorway Battle cruiser Sprinter Van” , they imported a fleet of American Delivery Vehicles.
Great marketing Ploy.
Just one small problem....
In the Land where many Murders occur ,many of the Streets are a little on the narrow side. A custom made narrower version was created. Sweet.
3,311
posted on
09/16/2016 3:15:21 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: ThomasThomas
3,312
posted on
09/16/2016 3:20:18 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Tax-chick; moose07; Monkey Face
The exo-skellington flies off to reveal:

Hivemaus1200of300m
3,313
posted on
09/16/2016 3:29:54 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
Morning.
Ahmed , the jihadi Mouse.
3,314
posted on
09/16/2016 3:36:10 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: moose07; Tax-chick; Monkey Face

The UPS-UK trucks appear well suited for the odd coffin size package take away.
Needs reveal market opportunities.
3,315
posted on
09/16/2016 3:38:02 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
That’s the Left hand drive model.
:)
They do shift a coffin very easily....not that I would know about such things.
3,316
posted on
09/16/2016 3:42:40 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: moose07
Possible Coffin recovery in action:
3,317
posted on
09/16/2016 3:46:34 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) The only thing you should do on the Left is Drive.)
To: moose07
You don't suppose it was another UPS pickup?

Another body winging its way to Zimbabwe.... start the paperwork then.
3,318
posted on
09/16/2016 3:56:18 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Covenantor; moose07
LOL! Narrower residential streets are becoming a thing here, too, especially in new developments. One reason we chose our house location, as opposed to a couple of other lots available at the same time, was that the street is wide enough to get by even when there are cars parked on both sides.
3,319
posted on
09/16/2016 4:03:07 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Talk less. Smile more.)
To: moose07; Tax-chick; Monkey Face
Big Brown fades very effectively into the background over there. Veddy, veddy discrete.
3,320
posted on
09/16/2016 4:08:31 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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