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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
KEYWORDS: 2015rr245; dwarf; dwarfplanet; fungiofyuggoth; hoverdogproject; koalaoil; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; penguinhumor; planet; pluto; rhesusmonkeys; undeadthread; undeadthreadhere; xplanets; yuggothabekidding
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To: Darksheare
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posted on
07/12/2016 5:44:27 PM PDT
by
OddLane
To: moose07; Covenantor; BenLurkin; Darksheare; Monkey Face; Tax-chick
"... so he knows we pay the rent and put the trash out on leaving." Well, yeah but by then it's family so it usually comes with us.
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posted on
07/12/2016 6:11:36 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
To: BenLurkin
Obama will probably want the planet named after him. Could be quite the dilemma since Uranus has already been taken.
63
posted on
07/12/2016 6:13:41 PM PDT
by
IamConservative
(Hillary walks while 100's of teens get prosecuted for mishandling Miley Cyrus MP3's..)
To: Darksheare
64
posted on
07/12/2016 6:39:27 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
To: Darksheare; BenLurkin
Well, that was right nice of you, Ben.
I’ll bring some donuts in the morning while we settle in.
65
posted on
07/12/2016 6:54:51 PM PDT
by
ArGee
(JFK put a man on the moon. Obama put a man in the girl's bathroom.)
To: NicknamedBob
So that’s what keeps following me around.
Piles of domesticated trash !
66
posted on
07/12/2016 7:51:52 PM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. ...Ermentrude chewed on some more grass and watched....)
To: moose07
It’s like a Mickey Mouse Musical, “The Recycler’s Apprentice”.
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posted on
07/12/2016 8:22:51 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
To: NicknamedBob
That truly is worthy of a LoL!
Good one Bob. :)
68
posted on
07/13/2016 12:20:30 AM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. ...Ermentrude chewed on some more grass and watched....)
To: glock rocks; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Tax-chick; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...
69
posted on
07/13/2016 2:36:56 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
To: BenLurkin
To: Tax-chick; moose07; ArGee; BenLurkin; Darksheare; Monkey Face; NoCmpromiz; NicknamedBob
Ummm...Major Domo reporting....Am I in the right place?
I mean, technically I'm not a dwarf, neither am I undead...I think.
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posted on
07/13/2016 3:34:56 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
72
posted on
07/13/2016 4:06:42 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
73
posted on
07/13/2016 4:57:32 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
To: Silentgypsy; Covenantor
Morning, folks! It’s a warm day here in Boring. Today some people are going to VBS, some are going to swimming lesson, and then my hairdresser is coming over.
74
posted on
07/13/2016 4:58:29 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
To: BenLurkin; Darksheare
Thank you Ben Lurkin! WOO HOO! We live!
Almost where I left you (the thread) yesterday in my readings! WOOT!
*happy dance*
75
posted on
07/13/2016 4:59:00 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler!)
To: glock rocks
And Nevada. Don’t forget Nevada. Good things come out of Nevada. Every once in a while. Like me. I’ve been known to travel. ;o]
76
posted on
07/13/2016 5:00:47 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler!)
To: sionnsar; abigailsmybaby; A CA Guy; afnamvet; airborne; Allegra; Altariel; Anoreth; Anton.Rutter; ..
We’re HERE!
HOORAY for the new digs! Thanks again Ben Lurkin! What a great thing to wake up to, Darksheare!
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posted on
07/13/2016 5:06:02 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler!)
To: Monkey Face
Good morning! I’m about to leave for VBS, followed by several other things, but Bill will be here if you need any hairstyling advice.
78
posted on
07/13/2016 5:07:27 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
To: Tax-chick
Kittehs will have to wait till I have my shower. I didn’t sleep until almost 2300 last night and as a result, I’m out of my elephant again. Hopefully, a shower will wake me up properly.
79
posted on
07/13/2016 5:07:59 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler!)
To: ArGee
OK, the place I found had some really interesting filling for the jelly donuts and I can’t speak for what that white powderis on the powdered donuts.
Enjoy!
80
posted on
07/13/2016 5:24:52 AM PDT
by
ArGee
(JFK put a man on the moon. Obama put a man in the girl's bathroom.)
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