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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They may be crazy and lazy but they know to follow the money... ain’t no bling on the Bowery skid row.
The weather is great and the state has over a third of all national welfare.
Wow. Yes, as a matter of fact, I DO remember the talks about the “baby,” and in retrospect, that’s pretty funny.
Eight years? It’s hard to believe it’s that long. But it sounds like he is growing into a fine young man. Good job, Guy! *hugs* to all!
Gosh, that is really cool!
That cable is probably for the satellite on the roof...
Yeah, back when Frank was "the baby," too. He'll be 8 next May.
Heck, I remember when I was “the baby”, but none of you would remember that. I don’t even have any dinosaurs left.
I was only the baby for 6.5 years, and then my younger sister was born. She lives 85 miles from me but hates me so she won’t visit.
If you want your family to renew their relationship with you, just win a big lottery.
My sister gambles, I don’t. I never have had an interest in it. I mean, why would I give my hard-earned money to someone who doesn’t need it? Doesn’t make a lot of sense, actually.
Thanks, and Larry King says Hi.
Hi, Larry King! Lol! :o])
I tell my boy I had one as a pet when I was his age.
Some mornings I buy bagels from him up the block. He still seems the same.
Some mornings I buy bagels from him up the block. He still seems the same.
The LBGTQRSTUVWXYZ Tree Coalition is now after you.
If you can stand the City life, it will be 82 today.
At least, according to the professional weather guessers.
Afternoon, brethren and sistern. It’s a balmy 86 here in suburban Boring. I got Sally a Princess Elsa costume at The Salvation Army. Cost $7, but she’ll be the only adult-size girl who has one, I bet. It was too long for me, and she has much better hair.
Sally had her psychiatrist appointment this afternoon, and she’s off all the medications. The sharp and stylish Dr. Coleman said, “It was nice knowing you,” and that if Restless Leg symptoms become a problem again, then a sleep specialist is in order rather than a psychiatrist. Fun guy.
I know someone who earns her living being Princess Elsa in Times Square. If Sally looks at all good in the costume there’s some serious cash in it once Spring comes back around.
As for your psychiatrist, hes a fungus. Fungi is plural.
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