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New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto's Orbit
space.com ^ | 07/11/2016

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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TOPICS: Astronomy
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To: Tax-chick

Well, there IS that..

But if it was sufficiently cold..


7,321 posted on 12/29/2016 4:41:41 PM PST by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: NoCmpromiz

You can’t count on its being cold enough to overcome the rot.


7,322 posted on 12/29/2016 4:49:10 PM PST by Tax-chick (I love Thomas Sowell!)
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To: Tax-chick; Darksheare

Encapsulated in plastic as to be effective only if the membrane was breached?

Added plus that the putrescent pork products could be saved for future jihad-proofing missions (provided of course that the encapsulating membrane was sufficiently non-permeable.. ;-)

(Not ALL of Dark’s ideas are original.)


7,323 posted on 12/29/2016 5:06:06 PM PST by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: NoCmpromiz; Darksheare

All Darksheare’s ideas are useful, though. He understands gravity.


7,324 posted on 12/29/2016 5:09:02 PM PST by Tax-chick ("You don't get to be an old drunk by doing stupid things with guns."~Harmless Teddy Bear)
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To: NoCmpromiz; Tax-chick

Please note: I was NOT the one who detonated/conflagrated the compost pit.
That was #1 son.
Any semblance to jihad proofing was coincidental.
(Though the neighbors son falling into the compost pit was pretty funny.)


7,325 posted on 12/29/2016 5:22:59 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

Of course, that never crossed my mind.


7,326 posted on 12/29/2016 5:28:42 PM PST by Tax-chick ("You don't get to be an old drunk by doing stupid things with guns."~Harmless Teddy Bear)
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To: Darksheare; Tax-chick
neighbors son falling into the compost pit

If he was not a midnight-skulking voyeur he wouldn't have been in the vicinity of the compost pit under cover of darkness.

I thought it was fitting.

7,327 posted on 12/29/2016 5:53:57 PM PST by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: NoCmpromiz

Yeah, sure. What one expects.


7,328 posted on 12/29/2016 5:55:06 PM PST by Tax-chick ("You don't get to be an old drunk by doing stupid things with guns."~Harmless Teddy Bear)
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To: NoCmpromiz; Tax-chick

The hand, knee, and faceprint in the gelatinous goo pile in the compost pit was a nice touch.


7,329 posted on 12/29/2016 5:55:22 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare; NoCmpromiz; Tax-chick
"The hand, knee, and faceprint in the gelatinous goo pile in the compost pit was a nice touch."

Seeing Darksheare posting here is like a breath of fresh air.

7,330 posted on 12/29/2016 9:00:16 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: NicknamedBob; Darksheare; Tax-chick; NoCmpromiz; All

Wow. The Night Shift has so much fun!

Hiya, Darks! You’ve been missed. (Perhaps we should all take beeter aim...)

[I’m really missing summer, is what I’m missing.]


7,331 posted on 12/30/2016 4:01:15 AM PST by Monkey Face (Some days I just stay inside because it feels too peopley out there.)
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To: Monkey Face
take beeter better aim... There, I fixed it myself.

I'd better wake up before I damage myself.

7,332 posted on 12/30/2016 4:05:58 AM PST by Monkey Face (Some days I just stay inside because it feels too peopley out there.)
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To: Monkey Face

The cold! It makes my brain freeze and I become stupid! Argh! The stupid — it hurts!


7,333 posted on 12/30/2016 4:30:06 AM PST by Monkey Face (Some days I just stay inside because it feels too peopley out there.)
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To: Monkey Face

7333. Re: beeter/better, beeber/beeper. Our lexicon of misspelled words is beginning to rival the popularity of the island of misfit toys.


7,334 posted on 12/30/2016 4:31:38 AM PST by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: Darksheare; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Tax-chick; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...

7,335 posted on 12/30/2016 4:39:25 AM PST by Tax-chick ("You don't get to be an old drunk by doing stupid things with guns."~Harmless Teddy Bear)
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To: NoCmpromiz

Sand.

I suppose that’s appropriate in a way.


7,336 posted on 12/30/2016 5:26:53 AM PST by ArGee (In 2017 I resolve to respect liberals more - Oh, who am I kidding?????)
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To: Tax-chick; All

(nyup nyup nyup) Morning. Time for coffee and to wrestle with my bed head.


7,337 posted on 12/30/2016 5:29:06 AM PST by ArGee (In 2017 I resolve to respect liberals more - Oh, who am I kidding?????)
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To: ArGee; NoCmpromiz

As long as it isn’t imported.


7,338 posted on 12/30/2016 5:39:15 AM PST by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: ArGee; NicknamedBob

Good morning, guys. It’s Friday here. The cats and dragons have Sunbeam. The people are going to the gym.


7,339 posted on 12/30/2016 6:02:12 AM PST by Tax-chick ("You don't get to be an old drunk by doing stupid things with guns."~Harmless Teddy Bear)
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To: Tax-chick; NicknamedBob; ArGee; moose07

Awww...squee!

I need that, this morning. I seem to have contracted not only The Stupids, but The Slows, as well. Someone, please, help me! :o0


7,340 posted on 12/30/2016 6:05:27 AM PST by Monkey Face (Some days I just stay inside because it feels too peopley out there.)
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