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New 'large and bright' dwarf planet discovered in our solar system (unnamed,700 year solar orbit)
Yahoo News ^
| 7/11/16
| Fox News
Posted on 07/13/2016 7:24:27 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Using a telescope at the top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet in our solar system, a body about 435 miles across that lacks a name and that researchers still know little about. The new dwarf planet, dubbed 2015 RR245, has such a huge, highly elliptical orbit that it takes an astonishing 700 Earth years to complete one trip around the sun, and it ventures over 120 times further away from the sun than our planet does. "The icy worlds beyond Neptune trace how the giant planets formed and then moved out from the Sun. They let us piece together the history of our Solar System,” Michele Bannister, a researcher with the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS), which made the discovery, said in a statement.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: discovered; dwarf; niburu; planet; solarsystem; xplanets
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Lacks a name.. Hmmmm?
Muskville .. Trumponia .. Obamastan
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:24:50 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Mission:Semper Fi)
To: NormsRevenge
400 miles in size? Pray its orbit will never be disturbed.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:28:25 PM PDT
by
Rebel2016
To: NormsRevenge
Can’t we call 1-800-GOT-JUNK to clean up the Solar System?
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:35:31 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: Paladin2
Ya wanna make a killing? figure out a way to recycle space junk. ;-)
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:38:08 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Mission:Semper Fi)
To: NormsRevenge
SLAM!
A “large and bright” dwarf...hmmm...
Are they implying most dwarves are small and dull????
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:38:28 PM PDT
by
disndat
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:38:59 PM PDT
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Paladin2
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:40:14 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:41:06 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: bgill
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:42:55 PM PDT
by
disndat
To: NormsRevenge
January 2016
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:43:55 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: disndat
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:44:53 PM PDT
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: bgill
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:49:17 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: Rebel2016
To: NormsRevenge
There’s one called Makemake, smaller than Pluto, maybe 800 miles or so in diameter...I read somewhere it has a moon.
To: Buttons12; Paladin2; bgill
Then let’s go with Ceries.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:53:48 PM PDT
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disndat
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:57:02 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(TRIGGER WARNING - Posts may require application of sarcasm filter)
To: wally_bert
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posted on
07/13/2016 8:15:52 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: wally_bert
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posted on
07/13/2016 8:22:00 PM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: Buttons12
Almost as big as Ceres.Or maybe it's the size of Uranus.
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