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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Today’s kitteh was rescued very young but has turned out well.
Kathleen had nice weather for her riding lesson today. I sat under a tree and made phone calls in Spanish for the church while acorns dropped on my head.
“Behind the church” is “detras de la iglesia,” not “debajo.” No wonder people were confused: I was telling them the class was underneath the church.
Not heard about this.
I guess Theresa is suffering from weight gain due to the H.o.P canteen deserts.
They have been waffling on about a sugar tax for a while.
In many UK Churches it really would be possible to hold the class underneath the Church.
The audience would be larger than you expected.......
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I agree. On Cheezburger.com, many clever LOLcats are spoiled by having poor spelling or punctuation. Someone who does a lot of them gets his quotation marks wrong every time.
“Tax-chick’s Bilingual Supplemental Sacrament Class does Day of the Dead.”
Some churches in the U.S. have crypts. There’s a nice, atmospheric one at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
Just had a little look.
Ancient Roman Architecture with a splash of Venetian for seasoning.
There is almost every Church building style in the building from BC to 1400.
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Yeah, it’s a massive mish-mash. Future archaeologists will say, “What?”
Am opportunity to create a new Architectural style ref.
American Romanesque.
That could catch on......
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Americans have been perpetrating atrocities with classical architecture at least since the Federal Period.
Lol! That's rich!
My prepositions are really weak. Once, I was trying to tell someone where to pick up a workbook, and all I could think of was “dans le table,” which doesn’t make sense in French or Spanish.
Or possibly a crypt. Be a good place to hold some classes I suppose.
In life we are in death.
We’re on a concrete slab. Some churches in the mountains have basements, but it’s flat here.
That is where the kitchen is.
If I had a dime for every pan of peanut brittle I made in a church basement I could.... well... if not retire at least buy some new stock for my store.
In my church, if you walk up the aisle away from the altar, you go through doors into the kitchen. It’s not the most functional design, but it was built in stages.
Survived another Cub Scouts meeting.
Well, check the link for the rest of the story. It's hiding in plain sight... ;-)
Yes, the tracks are active. No they're not using the water tower, it's only diesel on the main line.
... but it's full of water. I bet they're using it, just not for the trains.
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