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New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto's Orbit
space.com ^ | 07/11/2016

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
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To: Monkey Face

Oh Face... I’m so sorry. Please be more careful.


461 posted on 07/18/2016 7:26:47 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

I met two cats while Kathleen was swimming. A calico let me pet her, until she decided to scratch me, and a Siamese crossed the street to check me out but then sat about 10 feet away and glowered.


462 posted on 07/18/2016 7:35:50 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The real world does not unfold according to our neat ideological models." ~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick

Siamese are the better dressed versions of Marty Feldman in the feline world.


463 posted on 07/18/2016 7:50:19 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

You can’t trust Siamese.


464 posted on 07/18/2016 7:53:40 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The real world does not unfold according to our neat ideological models." ~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Gefn

...nor, broadly speaking, most of their owners, Pyewacket excluded of course.


465 posted on 07/18/2016 8:00:30 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

My parents had Siamese, rather than rescue-cats of various breeds.


466 posted on 07/18/2016 8:12:26 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The real world does not unfold according to our neat ideological models." ~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Covenantor

Oh, yeah! I feel it.


467 posted on 07/18/2016 8:13:47 AM PDT by ArGee (JFK put a man on the moon. Obama put a man in the girl's bathroom.)
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To: Monkey Face

Sorry for your hurt. Glad you didn’t have to remove any bodily fluids from the sheets and towels.


468 posted on 07/18/2016 8:15:05 AM PDT by ArGee (JFK put a man on the moon. Obama put a man in the girl's bathroom.)
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To: Monkey Face

Oh, dear! Sorry about your injury!


469 posted on 07/18/2016 8:15:27 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The real world does not unfold according to our neat ideological models." ~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick; ArGee
So my notsoAccurateWeather App on my smortphome popped up a 'warning - you're all gonna die' warning about severe thundrous storms in the area. When I looked at the counties affected it listed basically the entire eastern half of Son-of-former-emperor Cuomo's state..

Radar does tend to support the fact that something evil this way comes. And they put up this 'area affected' map. It looks like Mayor Wilhelm's dominion won't get the flushing it needs to rinse the smell of vagrant pee off the sidewalks...


470 posted on 07/18/2016 10:52:19 AM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Covenantor

I try to be careful because of the fragile skin, but I didn’t stoop far enough to prevent my arm from touching the dryer door frame. And that puppy is SHARP! My back was pretty stiff this morning, so it’s my own fault.

Thanks for the commiseration! :o])


471 posted on 07/18/2016 11:47:55 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon. FB)
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To: ArGee

That happened when I went to fly the flag on Memorial Day, but the old flag was ready to be retired, so my friend’s husband took it to dispose of properly. I had no clue what a relief that was, to know that it would be disposed of in keeping with the flag regulations.

The owie looks ugly, so I need to go re-dress it. :o|


472 posted on 07/18/2016 11:51:07 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon. FB)
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To: Tax-chick

Me too. My arm was just getting back to “normal” in coloring and then, over the last couple of days, I’ve manage to collect a couple of ugly looking marks. Today’s is the worst.

In other news...

One of our neighbors is going into hospice, so her sister is giving away her stuff. I got a larger drop leaf table, in a blonde finish, but there were no chairs. The matching hutch is mine, but for now, it goes into the community room. I will take it when I move, and that way, I can display my dishes. YAY!

I have to clean the surface of it, but I’m anxious to get it in here. :o])

It’s big enough that I can invite company over...at least three people! YAY!

I also got two more Bibles! And in one was a small crocheted cross. Very pretty.


473 posted on 07/18/2016 11:58:36 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon. FB)
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To: Tax-chick; NoCmpromiz; Covenantor; NicknamedBob; All

And: The best news is this: Cholesterol is 132 and triglycerides are 57.

*happy dance*


474 posted on 07/18/2016 12:05:34 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon. FB)
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To: Monkey Face

Hey, excellent news!


475 posted on 07/18/2016 12:09:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The real world does not unfold according to our neat ideological models." ~Kevin Williamson)
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To: NoCmpromiz

Good luck with all that!


476 posted on 07/18/2016 12:17:45 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The real world does not unfold according to our neat ideological models." ~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick

And better yet, I don’t take cholesterol meds. ;o]


477 posted on 07/18/2016 12:21:20 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon. FB)
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To: Monkey Face

Good. Those are bad for you!


478 posted on 07/18/2016 12:26:57 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The real world does not unfold according to our neat ideological models." ~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick

My cholesterol has always been low, and I eat red meat, cheese, eggs, butter, whole milk, etc. I love the stuff.

I still maintain if a person switches from cholesterol meds to full dairy products, they can lower their cholesterol. But then, the docs won’t make any money off them... ;o]


479 posted on 07/18/2016 12:43:32 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon. FB)
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To: Monkey Face
So you're all cleared fot the bacon lattice top apple pie with lard shortening in the crust!

yahooo!

480 posted on 07/18/2016 12:58:59 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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