New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto's Orbit

space.com ^ | 07/11/2016

[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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[Tax-chick]

They sell it at Walmart in a little glass bottle with a yellow label, among the vitamins and supplement. You put a little on a cotton swab and dab at your injury or infection.

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Is the brand name Hi-Oh?

[Monkey Face]

I will look next time I go. Thanks! It sounds like something I need to keep on hand.

[Tax-chick]

Spring Valley.

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Hi-Oh-Silver would have been a better brand name...

[Tax-chick]

It kills germs.

[Tax-chick]

Choir is finished, Mom has been emailed, and a good-looking young man in uniform arrived to take Elen to a National Guard dance in Winston-Salem. He called me Ma’am several times in two minutes, nice boy.

[Monkey Face]

Oh, my! You have been busy!

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Maybe I can figure it out...

A young man in uniform? This just gets better and better!

[NoCmpromiz]

Lights must wear burkas?

How uncivilized..

[NoCmpromiz]

Le groan..

[NoCmpromiz]

In keeping with the seasonal motif..

[Tax-chick]

I know how he feels.

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Honey, Raw.

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[NoCmpromiz]

I know how he feels.

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[Tax-chick]

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[Monkey Face]

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