N&W 611 team announces 2017 schedule
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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Did you leave a penny?
N&W 611 team announces 2017 schedule
No.
I didn't leave any liquids, either.
That’s good. You can get arrested for that..
Really. ;-)
“Noting that my disagreeing doesn’t mean the person is wrong!”
And with that stroke you prove to the World that you are no Democrat. LOL!
In case I have not previously made advocacy for him, I would commend to you one Dr. Peter Kreeft; a deeply spiritual Catholic, a prodigious writer of 75 books, and a professor of philosophy at Boston College.
On his “Books” page you will find links to his works on Amazon.
And if you want a glimpse into the REAL Peter Kreeft, you will find it here:
http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/close-encounter.htm
There’s a Lenore who works in the produce section at my Walmart. I don’t think she’s Poe’s type, though: tall, skinny, very short hair.
Sometimes we have three ravens. The mockingbird chases them away, if he’s around.
I’ve read a number of Dr. Kreeft’s books, although I haven’t seen him “live.”
A raven tapping on a chamber door may be of no concern, except to my niece, Lenore!
I’m up, I’ve had my shower, taken my pills, and will have a breathing treatment in a few minutes. Then I will go in and finish packing.
The A/C has been running since I got here. :o[
Good luck on the day!
We have only five children at home this morning. Anoreth and Bill are in Seattle, Tom went to SC with his friends, Elen and Sally are on an overnight dog-sitting job. It’s as if we’re just a 2-1/2 times larger than normal family. The girls will be home this afternoon, though.
I’m going to get dressed soon and then go to Weight Watchers. After lunch, the family will go Do Something, details to be determined when we see whether it’s raining.
It’s raining here. I’m going to go do something.
I think they call it work.
Oh, that!
Lingolover left me a note saying we would leave for Little Rock at 9:15. Its almost 8:00 now...
More on that, later.
Well, ganag, I’m off for a dry climate. Later!
Best of luck!
That’s a nice looking self propelled Kettle.
Is that a Cow Reorganiser on the front?
Look at the condition of that Permanent-Way...Each stone has been lovingly jet washed and replaced by hand.
Bon Voyage.
Hope the Stagecoach leaves on time.
I hope everyone had a Merry or Happy Christmas depending on your locale.
We had decent fun at the in-laws. F-I-L is angry at his daughters who went to some ski lodge in Idaho that the youngest owns. He wasn’t invited. He would have probably declined, but he wasn’t invited.
Oh, well.Family and all that.
Now for the diet.
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