New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto's Orbit

space.com ^ | 07/11/2016

[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.

[moose07]

The star Inn, Woodstock.

[Covenantor]

This Woodstock in Britain?

With the palaces?

[Tax-chick]

It looks restful.

[moose07]

That’s the one. :)

[moose07]

The staff here, have been putting up with me for years. :)

[Tax-chick]

Have you toured the palace?

[moose07]

Not yet.
It is planned.
It will be done “spontaneously”. :)

[Tax-chick]

When the fit hits you, huh?

[Tax-chick]

Now four of my reserve books are up. By the time we get over there after lunch, all five should be available.

[Monkey Face]

I was just outside talking to Greg and he told me that someone had tried to get rid of some kittens here by putting a dish of anti-freeze out for them. They look about as old as the Kitty of the Day, and are really cute. The momma is a very good momma.

The woman also has a little dog that barks at everyone who walks by but me!

Anyway, we have some really nasty people here.

[ArGee]

Epic shark clip.

Just because.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uz1J9PUcMQ0

[Tax-chick]

Oh, that’s awful.

[moose07]

That had to hurt.
Sharks need to learn to eat with their mouths closed, the bits falling everywhere at the end is just revolting.
:)

[Monkey Face]

After discussing it, the peeps and I decided it was probably for the little dog, Lilly because she yaps all the time.

Not to mention the fact that cats can’t taste sweet, but kittens might taste it to investigate it.

Either way, it’s an ugly thing to do. I personally think it’s the hypocrite, because he doesn’t like his neighbors. The woman lives in the same building.

[NoCmpromiz]

Newburgh?

Orangeburg?

Ogbensburg?

Petersburg?

Phillipsburg?

Harrisburg?

[NoCmpromiz]

You can’t fool me.

That’s not the muddy field on Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, NY...

[Covenantor]

Before they grew up I rember those towns being just piddling little dorfs. Then they got all full of themselves and became burghs.

Newdorf

Orangedorf

Ogbensdorf

Petersdorf

Phillipsdorf

Harrisdorf

Pittsdorf

[Tax-chick]

LOL!

[Slings and Arrows]

Some people are monsters.

[moose07]

True.
But on a Saturday night the music is probably just as loud. :)