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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Jake was out all night. When I came down this morning, I heard a pathetic voice at an open front window, “Maaaaooooo!”
I thought about going to the thrift store, but I need to save the gas for my trip into Vegas to get the prescription next week.
And besides. How can I go to the thrift store without being thrifty in my buying? Haha! They have Senior Discount day, but it’s always on Tuesdays, and I don’t know if that’s much of a savings, anyway.
My daughter mentioned she might be over today, but she said that last week, too. I don’t make any plans around her arrivals, as she is undependable.
*Wishing I were a millennial or immune*
I think I need some coughie.
Poor picked on Jake. It would seem cattin’ around is what he does best. Has he left you any more dead bunny heads?
No, no bunnies lately, but we found a heap of feathers.
(I have no idea howWill wonders never cease? In looking for a book to read, I found one that had been my late Aunt Norah’s, with a 1931 printing. In it was a folded piece of legal-sized paper, that was very flimsy, with no date on it. I put the paper into a plastic sleeve and will make copies of it to add to the sleeve.
The pages in the book are turning brown at the edges, and I doubt if I will be able to find another book that isn’t in the same condition. However, I will try to read it as it fits in with what I’m trying to do.
And I found the checks I “lost” when I got the new printer! LOL! Now I can write checks out of sequence with impunity! Happy Saturday to me! LOL!
(I have no idea how I got the book, save it was given to me at the time she gave me her journal.)
Congrats on the location of the checks! I lose mine all the time. That reminds me, I wrote the last check in my wallet last night, so I need to find more.
Kathleen and Frank are arguing about what music to play on the way to the gym. Frank wants the “Hamilton” soundtrack, and Kathleen wants a Spanish Christian CD.
“I love Spanish, because Spanish is great,” she said.
“You’re a baby!” he cleverly responded.
I’m usually very careful about my checks, because I forget things. So finding these means that I actually DID know where they were, and didn’t throw them out, though that thought did cross my mind.
I have enough checks now to last for two years, since I only write about four a month. (Or however long the maths work out...)
I need to get some CDs with instrumental hymns for when I’m studying Doctrine and reading Scripture, but I just don’t have the money for it.
Maybe I should check on eBay and Amazon for cheap ones. For when I have enough money plus S&H, as they say.
It would be so nice if the stereo in my truck worked. I’m sure it’s just a glitch in the wiring, but I can’t afford to pay someone to troubleshoot it. No wonder I hate the drive into Vegas.
Happy Love Your Red Hair Day, Sis! <3
Saw one of these custom cats in Beverly Hills. They are just stunning.
Action cat....
“Come back to me my Love!!!!”
The Demon in your fireplace summoned the cat. The lesser being ALWAYS tries to summon its Superior...
The cake is a lie.
But it’s so delicious and moist!
Good morning. I just got back from the gym, where I spent an hour on the elliptical trainer. Gah.
Yes, it’s a very handsome cat.
Give me a solid squat rack and room enough to annoy smaller beings.
It’s going to be 80 degrees today. :o])
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