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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I dunno.............
Sally would be proud of you. She thinks all insects should be rescued!
Gah, I was SO not going to get that!
Great job, Nully! What does he win?
He wins honorary member status!
Yay!
I just got bitched out by LuDean a while ago. She ripped me a new one in front of people that had no clue what she was talking about, because I was “trying to involve her child in a blind scheme.” I just let her rant. She misunderstood from the get-go, but she won’t talk to me now, and I suspect she will bad mouth me until the day I leave.
Her call. At any rate, one of the guys who was witness to it went to his apartment and brought me back an icy 24 oz beer, which I didn’t hesitate to open and sample. And since he is one of the biggest gossips here, I wasn’t about to explain LuDean’s behavior. Charlie was the only one, and he wouldn’t have known if Zeke hadn’t specifically asked for him to be a part of it.
Jeeze. This is what I get for helping friends. Remind me not to do that any more, please.
Yes. That.
Don’t do that again. You’re welcome.
I just got back from Walmart. Supplies are a bit thin in some areas, probably because shipping was disrupted by the hurricane. Now I’m going to have a small sedative and go lie down with Jake. My right arm is hurting again.
Remember not to help friends any more.
FRiends are an exception, of course.
LOL!
Today has been one of the weirdest days I’ve had in a long time. After LuDean got done with me and went off in a Huff, I found myself sitting closer to Charlie for his comfort. (He’s about 6’5” and just biggish.)
Then Jim brought me the beer, and I wished again that I had gone to Smith’s or Albertson’s this morning and got that 6-pack.
But between the beer from Jim and the closeness of Charlie, I was able to get on with the fun. *ha-ha*
And of all things, I forgot my appointment this morning at Urgent Care, so I just got done making an appointment with my regular doctor. November something at 0815. The 22nd I think. The CSR was upset that refused a mammo and a flu shot, but those are two things I don’t want or need. And I keep telling the doctor that.
My brain is not working like it should and I’m feeling rather dense. I have no clue why. I mean, I never thought LuDean would be so vile. But I guess she can afford to lose friends, since she has so many. (snark)
Thanks! Within six months, I should be moving out of here, anyway, so whether LuDean is my “friend” or not is a moot point. I should have watched the red flags that were associated with her, but I let them slide by. My bad.
And life without my FRiends would be unbearable. All y’all will be with me no matter where I go, and that’s the truth.
That is until the Arkansas Dictator gets elected and takes over the Internet. At that point FR will be banned like asbestos.
What I don’t need is a dose of reality, thanks. I had one earlier today. :o|
I have been praying about saving America, and I trust Heavenly Father to save the country that He set aside to be the best, God-fearing, moral country in the world.
Because of that, I have to believe that He will save the country by giving us a righteous leader. Miracles DO happen.
Oops, sorry about the appointment. I reminded you about it last week!
On the way back, I stopped at a sandwich stop, the gal next to me looks at my bandage and says, “I see you had an encounter with a vampire.”
“Yeah,” I reply, “I tried to fight him off, but it ended in a draw!”
I reminded me about it yesterday, but I ignored me. No biggie. I’ll just make an appointment for a blood draw and the doc can tell me about the results when I see her.
I have too many things on my mind, lately, I think. :o|
*groan*
Boy, did I ever need you today! LOL!
Anoreth says her MRI showed nothing wrong with her brain.
I assume you’re talking about Israel.
Even them He didn’t promise to bless if they stopped caring about what He said.
Of course He gave them lots and lots and LOTS of chances. But in the end ... Babylon.
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