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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Darlin’, I couldn’t even recall the term for “preposition.” Kudos to you
(With that special inspired and inspiring insight, I'll bid you and everyone a good night.)
Umm..
I can use that.. ;-)
Morning, all.
I promised myself I’d start going to the gym again after we rolled our software out.
Now I’m regretting the promise.
Ow!
Congratulations on your effort!
I’d be taking the young boys and Kathleen out for a constitutional, but someone has to take Elen to school at 9:00, and the other drivers are not displaying signs of life.
What a beautiful cat! <3
Wow. Looks like a redhead, to me!
Abyssinians are as Superior as Siamese, but not as mouthy.
How are you today? I’m thinking about washing a dragon while I wait to see if either Bill or Tom will emerge to drive Elen to school.
We can give you an A for effort!
At least you went to the gym.
The Gym will keep you in good health, Argee.
It will ensure the only thing you will be rolling out is Software.
Keep it up Bro.
:)
56 degrees, clear, 19%, SSE @ 4 mph
My patio is full of leaves again, so I’ll have to sweep it today. Ungh...
In a few minutes, I have to go open up the community room. Then I can come back and start my day.
I went to Wally’s and got a few things, and Saturday, I’ll go to JoAnn’s. Maybe.
I’ll check on the fabric I have, and if they don’t have any more of it, I’ll check the pin stripe, though that wasn’t my first choice or my second, as it was darker than I wanted.
Elen’s been delivered, two dragons washed. I have to go to Walmart later.
Santana got off his rock and walked to his water dish on his own. Baths seem to be giving him more energy. Inert is going to buy crickets and worms today.
I fished Santana out of his water dish and put him back on his rock so he won’t take a chill. Sigh.
“Grandmother of Dragons.”
It could be worse. You could be the Grandmother of the Invisibles. I have four great-grandbabies and I've only seen one, once, on her first birthday. I have yet to see pictures of the second one by that grandson, and still haven't met the other two by the first grandson.
Shall I?
I shall try.
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