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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: Darksheare

I would be honored.


41 posted on 07/12/2016 3:37:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Very funny. Well at least it will have people reading it. They can make up their own minds.


42 posted on 07/12/2016 3:44:44 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: BenLurkin

I’m sure we will treat it well.. ;-)


43 posted on 07/12/2016 3:58:49 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: firebrand
The multiplicity of names is very confusing.

As is the gullibility of the true believers..

Have you received your FREE BOOK and been practicing your mantras?

44 posted on 07/12/2016 4:01:29 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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We will not be on a Zot Thread this month.
We will be in the outer nether reaches of the solar system.
And thread originator did give permission.
So please thank BenLurkin for donating the thread!

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45 posted on 07/12/2016 4:21:51 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: BenLurkin
Thank ye kindly Ben....


46 posted on 07/12/2016 4:26:52 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Darksheare
well... that was quick

47 posted on 07/12/2016 4:36:09 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: BenLurkin

48 posted on 07/12/2016 4:36:15 PM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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To: Darksheare

I’m still recovering from LUDICROUS speed.

Evan Williams, stat!


49 posted on 07/12/2016 4:57:05 PM PDT by glock rocks (Political Correctness is fascism disguised as manners. -- George Carlin)
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To: Darksheare

... and I remembered my towel.


50 posted on 07/12/2016 4:58:18 PM PDT by glock rocks (Political Correctness is fascism disguised as manners. -- George Carlin)
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To: BenLurkin; Darksheare

Howya, Ben. Thanks for the new digs ... the old one was beginning to smell like rancid socks all the time. I tell folks to get their dirty things in the basket, but do they listen?

Zombies just everywhere, too!


51 posted on 07/12/2016 4:59:18 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
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To: glock rocks

Hang your towel on the rail with the others so it will be dry in the morning.


52 posted on 07/12/2016 5:00:02 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
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To: PROCON
This is Fluffy, the Official Undead Baby Penguin. He's going to check the thread for fish.


53 posted on 07/12/2016 5:02:37 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
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To: Tax-chick

Yes, ma’am.

I notice the humidity is quite low here. Might want to stock up on moisturizer... as they say in Arizona (and Utah) it’s a dry ... never mind.


54 posted on 07/12/2016 5:02:58 PM PDT by glock rocks (Political Correctness is fascism disguised as manners. -- George Carlin)
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To: glock rocks
I notice the humidity is quite low here.

Good. It will keep the mildew down and take some of the frizz out of my hair.

55 posted on 07/12/2016 5:05:02 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
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To: Darksheare

56 posted on 07/12/2016 5:17:59 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Delta 21

Will all that party noise cause those nine foot tall aliens living in that cave out in Nevada (or is it California?) to come out and play?

According to some their planet X is on its way.. ;-)


57 posted on 07/12/2016 5:24:23 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Tax-chick
Well, we have some fish sauce for him.. ;-)


58 posted on 07/12/2016 5:27:32 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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Official UT Smoke Screen:


59 posted on 07/12/2016 5:31:21 PM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. ...Ermentrude chewed on some more grass and watched....)
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To: Covenantor; BenLurkin

See, ya asks all nice and such, they lets you board the Galleon with ney a shot fired. Bwahahaha.
Ben has hosted for us before, so he knows we pay the rent and put the trash out on leaving. :)


60 posted on 07/12/2016 5:34:45 PM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. ...Ermentrude chewed on some more grass and watched....)
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