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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If I ever have great-grandchildren, I will not scrub them with a toothbrush.
Congrats on the -00.
I will write a fairy-tale story of my life for the little ones who follow me. Hahaha.
Santana fell off his rock. Now he’s stuck.
Oh, noes! Not that! I hate falling off my rock!
See, that's the part I'm wrestling with. If I go to the gym I'll live longer, which means more years of going to the gym. I'm looking for an upside.
Mrs. ArGee told me, sweetly, that she wanted me around a long time. I said, "So you can continue to badger me about my jobs like you did last night?"
Maybe I go to the gym so I'll be able to defend myself better when I say things like that. Ow!
Be careful about that. I saw a trailer of a Kevin James movie where he plays an author of a book about an assassin, but the publisher changes it as if it were an autobiography.
It looked pretty funny.
Butit also made it look dangerous for people to confuse the real you with the imaginary you.
Sounds like Santana may be a little gravitationally challenged. Mayhap you can post a sign distinguishing up from down for the little fella.
I assume you speak dragon.
Of course.
He fell off again while I was at Walmart. I put him in the sand by his food dish; maybe he'll eat a pea.
When Inert gets back with the bugs, maybe Santana will eat some. Inert was also getting oil for his car, going to the gym, and picking Elen up at school. He felt that was totally unreasonable, but too bad.
What? In the same day??!!!
LoL,
Break those kettle-bells out, strength without bulk.
They should be legal as they are technically a deactivated canon ball. :)
Not knowing exactly how things work in a metropolis, does anyone do Kettlercise classes near by?
I know, right? I would have had another useless brother pick Elen up, but Inert took the Avalon because his BMW needs oil, leaving Epic Fail grounded, so to speak.
Our gym in Monroe has those. Dangerous!
They are only dangerous in the wrong hands, or if you’ve not been trained on using them.
Tho I will admit that the TV has looked like a tempting target from time to time. Especially when the 20kg ball it in full swing. Then you remember the wall behind the TV is only made of conblock.
The Exercise they give you is worth the danger. :)
Woah, wait, WHAT! I hope Inert isn't an offspring.
When I was dwelling in the same cave as my parents I got to use a 1969 Dodge Dart that was reserved for offspring. It was something my dad could afford to lose.
DP has reported several times nearly being clobbered by poorly-controlled kettlebells.
Yes, Inert (aka “Bill the Son”), is one of the Offspring. My brother gave him the BWM: it used to be our father’s.
The Toyota Avalon, usually driven by Epic Fail, was chosen because it was big enough for him to fit behind the steering wheel. Epic Fail has an Immensity.
Was it “Police Academy” where someone with an immensity had a Honda Civic from which he’d removed the driver’s seat? He sat in the back seat to drive.
This was the original Honda Civic, which was essentially a box with wheels.
Ah yes,
You can’t safely use them in a public area, whoever was is a fool.
They need their own area to operate within, the confines of your average gym is just not suitable.
When my dad turned 50 my mom bought him a Jag. She thought it would be a better way for him to have a mid-life crisis than an affair. Dad never liked it and eventually gave it to my younger brother. My younger brother joined Dad’s old firm (after Dad retired) and decided he couldn’t drive a car nicer than the partners drove. So he didn’t drive it any more.
I have no idea what happened to that Jag. I’m glad nobody offered it to me. I would have gladly accepted. Then I’d be paying over $300/month for a parking garage now. No WAY I’d park that on the street.
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