This rather scruffy kitten was rescued in western China.
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 ...
Dates are good for the elderly.
But you should visit whether she wants dates or not.
Consider that many people in the world live on less than $2 a day.
Consider that there are people in the world who have to walk great distances to draw water from a well and then carry it back.
Consider that you can’t even post on FR any more without someone giving you lip.
I’ve decided that life should not be easy. Whenever I suggest that my life is not as easy as it should be I invoke The Wrath. The only way I’m going to find my life easy is when I get dementia and can’t remember how hard it is. And my life IS easy.
As Louis CK says, everything’s fantastic and nobody’s happy.
Dates would probably aggravate her diverticulitis.
Did he say that? Well, whoever he is, he has a bit of an insight there.
St. Augustine thought life was a drag, too. Even your pets could turn on you at any second, and if they don’t get around to that, they’ll die.
No matter how difficult life is, I still prefer it to the alternative. So I’ll take it as it comes to me! ;o]
*tagline*
Good one!
LOL! I figured you’d appreciate that! ;o]
And with that, I’m off to bed. Ta!
What he said was Everything's amazing and nobody's happy.
If you haven't heard this routine at least listen. The insights are something.
Hard to argue with.
What I want to know is, what happens when the envelope pushes back? Because sometimes envelopes give me paper cuts and I hate those. So if it pushed back and I got a paper cut I’d be ticked.
Good morning! Hope you had a good night. I took Sally to a Confession service at church. She said the priest told her, “Life is hard, kid, and it’s ever harder when you’re stupid.” Great message!
This rather scruffy kitten was rescued in western China.
Don't let it bother you. Keep pushing; it will fold.
Rescue kittehs are the best!
SQUEE!
Oh! My goodness! What a beautiful kitteh he has grown to be!
The “head” of UNLV has decided to make the campus a safe space for undocumented students. My question is this: Why are they going to college if they can’t graduate due to their illegal status?
Arrogance?
In other news, Las Vegas has seen 120 homicides this year.
Is there a connection? Probably. Who knows?
*pounce*
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