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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

Each time I look at that kitten, I want to get in bed and hold him.


5,541 posted on 11/06/2016 6:27:43 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Events. I hope we are ready for them." Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; Darksheare; null and void; moose07; everyone
and to everyone not 'pinged' my apology and next time I'll ask T-c for the ping list.

May not be back for a 'spell', 'bout to get super busy; ... Just want to wish ALL
a Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and a
Happy and Blessings Filled New Year!

5,542 posted on 11/06/2016 7:34:56 AM PST by no-to-illegals (If America Cared would a moslem cair?)
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To: Tax-chick

Too late now. The crisis is over. Ha-ha! ;o]


5,543 posted on 11/06/2016 7:42:23 AM PST by Monkey Face (Never trust a steering wheel. They turn on you.)
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To: no-to-illegals

Happy all of those to you, as well, NtI! You are definitely missed, but we know that life interferes with the important stuff!


5,544 posted on 11/06/2016 7:43:46 AM PST by Monkey Face (Never trust a steering wheel. They turn on you.)
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To: Tax-chick

I thought you were punctuation check.


5,545 posted on 11/06/2016 8:25:54 AM PST by Silentgypsy
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To: Silentgypsy

I multitask.

How are you today? Did you successfully Fall Back?


5,546 posted on 11/06/2016 9:18:16 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Events. I hope we are ready for them." Kevin Williamson)
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To: no-to-illegals

Hope things go great with all your activities!


5,547 posted on 11/06/2016 9:20:57 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Events. I hope we are ready for them." Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick; Silentgypsy

I fell back.

Luckily I had a pillow there.


5,548 posted on 11/06/2016 9:49:34 AM PST by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: NicknamedBob

My campers are home with their dirty laundry.


5,549 posted on 11/06/2016 10:16:18 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Events. I hope we are ready for them." Kevin Williamson)
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To: Monkey Face

Hope you have a good night and feel better tomorrow!


5,550 posted on 11/06/2016 2:58:11 PM PST by Tax-chick ("Events. I hope we are ready for them." Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face

We didn’t do much today except shopping and laundry.

But that actually makes it a good day.


5,551 posted on 11/06/2016 4:47:50 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: NicknamedBob

I did those, too.

Tomorrow is Monday.


5,552 posted on 11/06/2016 4:49:36 PM PST by Tax-chick ("Events. I hope we are ready for them." Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick

Monday is the one day of the week that I don’t even need to open my eyes to recognize.

And, after work, I’ll be driving home in the dark.


5,553 posted on 11/06/2016 5:25:22 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick

Happy that y’all have fallen back successfully! I’m good!


5,554 posted on 11/06/2016 7:59:50 PM PST by Silentgypsy
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To: NicknamedBob; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Tax-chick; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...

You can't see the kitteh. She's hiding.

5,555 posted on 11/07/2016 2:24:54 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Events. I hope we are ready for them." Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick

Got any 5’s?

Sweet little kitteh, hiding in the tall grass, camouflaged by the surrounding area... yep. I see it. Took me a while, but I found it.

I have to go do laundry. I’ve decided to do three loads today; sheets, towels and night shirts to ease the loads for next week when I do the clothes. I hate making work for myself!


5,556 posted on 11/07/2016 3:06:09 AM PST by Monkey Face (Never trust a steering wheel. They turn on you.)
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To: Monkey Face

Good morning. The day is not starting off very well here. I think I’ll give up on the “pleasant voice saying good morning” approach and go straight to banging drums and singing loudly.


5,557 posted on 11/07/2016 4:28:58 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Events. I hope we are ready for them." Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick

Yes. That. The migraine is still with me, but the laundry is done and the night shirts are hanging to dry.

Next on the agenda is to make my bed *unnngh* and then the day’s work will be over. Unless I want to do the dishes.

While I was waiting for the washers to do their things, I started a “Brick-By-Brick” puzzle. Like a crossword with clues, but only blank squares to work with. There are “bricks” of six squares, and if you’ve done the puzzle correctly, all the bricks will be marked off. Today’s puzzle, though “easy” took me an hour. No wonder my brane is tard.

Of course, I will take time out to read, but I need to relax a bit, first. Reading after an activity is difficult for me, for some reason. Probably the CFIDS at work. BUT! It all counts on 20.


5,558 posted on 11/07/2016 5:54:17 AM PST by Monkey Face (Never trust a steering wheel. They turn on you.)
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To: Tax-chick; All

Good morning. Did I miss anything important over the weekend?


5,559 posted on 11/07/2016 6:50:24 AM PST by ArGee (USA, we hardly knew ye!)
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To: ArGee; Monkey Face

My weekend was fun.

I did the elliptical AND weights today. According to my exercise chart, the last time I did weights was July 1. I took 30 lbs. off everything. So far, nothing hurts except the shoulder with bursitis, and that’s not “really” hurting, more an electrical, “I don’t like you” twinge.


5,560 posted on 11/07/2016 8:01:29 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Events. I hope we are ready for them." Kevin Williamson)
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