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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Before I went Walmart yesterday, I forgot to put cotton balls on the list. Man. Of all the things I miss since getting CFIDS, being able to remember a grocery list is at the top. And it didn’t matter how long the list was. If I had written it down, I would remember it. Not any more. :o[
Last night was a good night. I slept five hours before I woke up, then another four before I woke up again. And here I am. Yesterday, I was telling LuDean about how, when I was younger, I could hit the ground running after six or seven hours of sleep and I was good to go. So I had nine hours last night and was still tired when I got up. (Which is probably why it’s called “chronic fatigue.”)
I’m a little confused (I’m a lot of that, these days!) about the raw honey. What does it do? I’ve heard a lot of people swear by it, but they don’t say why they take it, or what the function of it is.
My skin is fragile because I’ve been on blood thinners for 40 years. I get really ugly red blotches whenever I bump into something, and if I hit it hard enough, the skin will peel away.
I’ve learned to live with it, but it’s such a nuisance.
I’m glad you had a good night! Mine was disturbed by Jake, Tom, DP’s phone, Jake, DP, and Tom. In that order. I got up about 4:45 feeling like death, but I’ve had coffee and stuff, so I’ll be okay until the Crash hits, which hopefully won’t be while I’m driving. At some point, Tom told me Elen had arrived; I’ll ask her about her evening at some point.
Sound like someone is stirring upstairs. I’d better get my vitamins down before there’s a mob in the kitchen!
I have cotton balls in the library closet, for some reason.
Perhaps thinking they could morph some of the books into soft-bound...
Back from Walmart, where I got the cotton balls. The wound isn't talking to me so loudly, this morning, but I'm aware it's still there. I should have gotten the tape that I bought for my pinky, to stop the allergic reaction to the adhesive, yesterday, but I got paper tape, instead. Now, I can't get the other stuff.
I will definitely have to go into Vegas on Tuesday, to get the prescription, and I think I have enough gas for that.
Tiwsday is a long way off. We have to get through Moonday first.
Elen says she had a nice time. I got my cashmere sweater back from her before it disappeared in the entropy of their room.
As I was opening the clubhouse this morning, I went to the laundry room to open that door, and two out of the four washers are down. This is not good. Maybe I’ll have to go back on Tuesday morning to wash the clothes part of the Monday laundry. Dang.
If I could wait until 0700, I would go to a laundromat, but it would ruin my entire day. It would take me two hours, if I were lucky. *sigh* And the stamina demons would beat me into an unrecognizable pulp.
If the washers get fixed by next Monday, I’ll have to use all four of them.
Sigh. I run into problems with starting my day before the rest of the world is astir, too.
DP shaved the boys’ heads, after I reminded him that he’d rather spend +/- $60 on wine rather than having me take the four of them to Great Clips. The hair was like heaps of rodent peltry.
I’m hungry. I wish it was lunchtime!
And to mke matters worse for you, I just put a batch of pineapple cookies in the oven. Yay, me! And I will start the frosting once the pain in my back subsides. I just couldn't stand up any longer.
Hah, lunchtime arrived! I had some leftover chili. Now I’m full.
DP is making a pork dish for supper, but I probably won’t eat much. He puts salt in everything, and it makes me swell up.
In your case the raw honey should be applied to any scrape you get. It will seal the wound off and speed healing. Put a bandage over it to keep from rubbing the honey off onto your clothes or furniture.
Raw local honey, eaten daily will help you develop an immunity to the pollen in your area and will prevent allergies.
Right now I am using it with the garlic and onion to keep from coughing at night and to boost my immune system.
If I had a cold I would make an infusion of thyme and honey.
For nausea you want ginger grated in the honey.
For your skin rub on a small dab of honey after you wash your face, while it is still wet. It should disappear into your skin and because it attracts moisture will keep it from becoming dry.
And, of course, there is always eating it on toast. :)
I just had some rice pudding for lunch and because I just took my pills. Not much salt in that, and I’m happy that I haven’t been plagued with edema for several months. I don’t know what was causing it, but I’m glad that phase is over with.
Greg sent me several texts telling me a rumor (another one!) was circulating about me being a “trouble-maker” and supposedly saying that I was going to “get” Greg. He was confused, of course, so I called him. (The texts came in while I was at the ramada with Charlie.)
I called him and told him that was so much BS. And he said Reggie had told him to “watch out” for me because I was out to “get” Greg. Well, Reggie is one of the drug dealers on the property, and he is getting more paranoid as time goes by.
By the end of the conversation, Greg told me he thought maybe Reggie was jealous, and that he (Reggie) was going to tell He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named next time he saw him at the track. That ain’t gonna happen, because the Corvette Club (Reggie) is in a totally different part of the Speedway Complex than The Strip at Las Vegas, and seldom ever have meets on the same weekend.
Thinking on it for the last hour, I’m wondering if Reggie wasn’t responsible for the last blow up around here. He’s getting so paranoid, it’s scary. Smoking too much of his own stuff, probably, and it ain’t grass.
Raw honey, huh? I’ll put it on my list and get it when I have the extra money. It sounds like a good thing to have around.
Since I’m moving out of state within the next six months, I’ll keep it in mind for my new digs and the allergies there.
And since my lungs are so compromised, I’m on a nebulizer and use it at least twice a day. If I cough, it’s productive because of the meds.
I seldom get colds because I don’t socialize much. Ditto for the flu.
But I could sure save a lot of money on moisturizers if I used the honey!
And THANK YOU! <3
What a fuddle!
Tom the Son is in a snit because DP programmed the router to shut off the internet from midnight to 4:00 a.m. Maybe he’ll be unhappy enough to get a job and move out.
For someone so verifiably smart, he sure is a prize dope sometimes.
(Thank you DP!)
I just wrote to James and went to shred a page and the shredder just. stopped. I’ve only had it three years, but it’s a cross-cut shredder and I need it because we have dumpster divers here. Not that they could do anything, but you never know.
I just emailed the company and it will probably be tomorrow before they respond. *sigh* Can anything else go wrong today? *Oops!* (Erase that.)
It’s getting time to head for the barn, and it’s probably a good idea, in view of the way the day has been going. But not just yet!
And so, I’m off...Sweet dreams, all... :o])
Hope you have a good night. We went to Walmart for a few things. It was packed!
At least you weren’t abducted by the Walmartians!
Just don’t give raw honey to babies!!!!
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