New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto's Orbit

space.com ^ | 07/11/2016

[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.

[Monkey Face]

See? I’m even too tired to carry on a decent conversation. My mind is drifting...away-y-y-y...

[NoCmpromiz]

Bet you didn't need to read the article to know who's brilliant idea this is...

The proposal by New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, D-Middlesex, and Nicholas Chiaravalloti, D-Hudson...

(Did you guess correctly?)

[NoCmpromiz]

You Get What You Pay For.

That's what I tell them at Church..

(Free only buys so much pianist/organist.. ;-)

[ArGee]

If you had sent the email from an address that named you as Moe’sha you’d have gotten service.

[Monkey Face]

Oops! I forgot to tell you: I got a card today with a small medallion in it! It’s going into the truck.

Mmmm-m-m-m..good sammich!

[moose07]

Could never have guessed the names, but the political affiliation didn't exactly require much of a stretch of the imagination. :)
Looking at the names ,I'm not too sure on the pronunciation to tell you the truth.

[Monkey Face]

How much more Moe’sha can you get than “monkeyface?”

[moose07]

There is nothing quite like a well placed exclamation mark. :D

[Monkey Face]

I waited for you to snag it, but you didn’t show up! ;o])

[Monkey Face]

I am off to bed, kids. Tomorrow!

[moose07]

Moe’sha.............?
My Babel Fish resigned on that one.

[moose07]

Next Time.....LoL.:D

[ArGee]

The NSA will come knocking for THAT one.

[Tax-chick]

My people sometimes wonder if we’re good enough, and I tell them that if the congregation isn’t satisfied, they don’t have to pay us (which they already don’t), and that anyone who thinks they can do better is welcome to take a turn.

For the record, although we always welcome suggestions, we haven’t had any complaints.

[Tax-chick]

Glad it arrived! and have a good night.

[null and void]

Thanks for letting us know. If you exercise that right, we are here to hear.

[null and void]

I am off to bed, kids. Tomorrow!

FINE!

I'll tell you I just found out I'm gonna be a grandpa tomorrow.

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY MAKING ME WAIT LIKE THAT!

[NicknamedBob]

I suspect the serious wait time was incurred in letting your children grow to sufficient maturity to become parents.

[null and void]

I hope this one made it...

[NoCmpromiz]

I was thinking that if I sent Algore a million anythings it would be a million email subscriptions to WUWT...