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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For your Wednesday entertainment ...
I used to love these guys when I was young. I loved this song with the spooky Big Brother theme. I just never figured out the interlude of techno-pop dance music in the middle.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bephjla1XCs
Enjoy “The Voice”
Very Prophetic.
I think we all saw it coming though, to be honest.
‘Night.
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LOL! That looks like something out of Lord of the Rings!
Evergreens of some sort, like a variety of juniper or fir?
Pretty. We like ducks.
Naptime wasn’t a good effort - too much door-slamming again - so I got up and made stuffed bell peppers for supper and washed Santana again.
Sometimes I get a layer of dead skin off and find mold underneath. Wipe a bit of tea-tree oil on it, and scrub some more the next day. He gets more attention now that he’s in the kitchen instead of the schoolroom, because I’m constantly noticing how pathetic he looks.
Sounds like the lament of one of Hillary's medical attendants.
Everybody but the dog looks like they wish she’d hurry up and serve the scones. That photo is an impressive capture.
Gorgeous!
The Yew tree, taxus baccata.
That’s why they haven’t been removed, very bad luck....apparently.
The wood is used for making the Longbow.
You can see the colours of Autumn appearing in the Horse chestnut.
Need to get out there next spring when it flowers, they are rather impressive.
This baby was born in a barn.
It looks precisely the type to never close a door behind it.
Heh. Probably doesn’t replace a roll of toilet paper after shredding one, either.
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Re: your tagline. Forestalling the inevitable only makes it worse. Even a looming financial collapse should have a plan B.
Pretend that your Victory Garden is just a project.
When everything falls apart, all the effort we’ve put into Tom will suddenly become worthwhile: the family with the most bears wins.
Mets lost last night.
RCP numbers are going WAY the wrong way.
Not gonna be a great day.
“Cheer up,” someone said. “Things could get worse.”
So I cheered up. Sure enough, things got worse.
Only 3 things get better with age:
Women,
Wine,
I’m not sure I remember the third one. I think it may be memory?
Anyway, problems are not on the list. Neither is bad news.
Well, maybe I can ...
... salvage SOMETHING from today.
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