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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I dwell on religious doctrines a lot. Sometimes I dwell on religious doctrines in the context of what NicknamedBob recently said. I have a lot of room for doctrinal and contextual dwelling.
I also have the hiccups.
I always told my daughters, "Share them with your sister."
How soon are you needing a reply?
Took a quick look and without digging deeper, I can definitely recommend anything from Ravi Zacharias. John Piper is OK, understanding that he is coming from a Calvinist Baptist point of view (which to some is a contradiction right there..)
On that quick note I’ll go back to getting music ready for tomorrow and herding Grandkids.. ;-)
"Over time." I have the account open and can read/view whatever I like. I'm soliciting opinions on what I might like vs. what is garble.
This what I could not post the other day
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, ThomasThomas, ThomasThomas.
Merry Christmas (with an assist from Kutless and Gary Varvel.)
The Magic Christmas Kitteh.
LOL! I love it.
MerryChristmas, Undeaders! I survived another frigid day and night! I’m going to go shower, soon, before the Dirty Dozen Minus Nine awakens and wants to shower.
I’ m very anxious to go home, if nothing else than to see my daughter.
Greg texted me last night and asked me not to turn him in to Housing for parking “there” so I told him I wasn’t home and that I wouldn’t turn him in, anyway.
Poor Greg! I’m glad you were able to reassure him.
Nobody’s up here except DP, me, and Shannon.
I just took time out for my shower, so now, I’m having a breathing treatment, then I’ll have to take my pills. The humidity here is something else. No wonder I’m having a hard time breathing!
Church is at 1000, then back home for something. Lingolover cooks enough food at each meal for an army, then can’t figure out why the fridge has no room for new groceries.
Since I’ve been here I haven’t been taking my silver. L-l took all my stuuf and shoved it around because she couldn’t get to the bread box as quickly as she wanted to, because my pills (in baggies) for the day were in front of it. She hasn’t gotten into it since.
All I can do is forgive her.
Thanks, Moosie! *hugs* Merry Christmas to you and your Mum!
Anything by Joe Boyd! He paints marvelous word pictures of Jesus and the times during which He lived.
Thank you. I would find that very enjoyable.
Merry Christmas!
Also, three people discuss various books of the New Testament in depth. One of the persons is a relative of a famous evangelist; the other two are from the U.K. It’s been a while so I don’t recall their names. You’re gonna have a blast with RNM!
Joe Boyd is a goofball and his presentations crack me up. My minor was anthro; you'll understand why his presentations re: first books of New Testament were so riveting when you see them.
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