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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December. February, for sure.
But why wait until "on a payday"? Gonna' mug a few zombies, are you?
Could just take their money in a poker game. But both of those methodologies have their own risks, and there's the having to deal with zombies aspect.
Think I'll stick with gathering cans of grub. Maybe lay in a few more cans of ravioli. Those things last for as close to forever to effectively get there, for my own selfish & puny purposes, while co$ting only 79 cents a can.
Because, it would appear I'm in a perpetual money famine. And MREs are perfect for a three-day emergency kit. They will need to fit into a large plastic pail, which I shall purchase at Home Depot or Lowe's whichever is closer.
One never knows what can happen, and I'm woefully unprepared.
Don't worry, too much.
Oh. Thanks!
I don’t worry. But I don’t want to go begging if everyone around me is prepared and I’m not!
It never crossed my mind to worry about that.
It’s my upbringing. Sort of ingrained. I grew up in a house where food was always canned. And other things were stored in a common place “in case we had to leave in a hurry.”
I really need to get a three day supply. Some places online sell entire supplies for that, in a large plastic bucket. And that same company will sell you a toilet seat and disposable bags for said bucket for an extra $25.00.
Anyway, it’s one of the reasons I always have bottled water in the truck — in case I have to leave. But my backpack isn’t up to par.
The toilet seat is a nice idea.
Yep. If I had the cost of the entire bucket, I would order it in a heartbeat. I keep thinking I could save for it, but that’s pretty hard to do, now.
Last I heard, you had a hole in your bucket.
Um...no, Bob. That was a hole in my HEAD. My branes keep falling owt.
The remaining half of the Power station main building was pulled down this morning....at 06:00h. It came down with a massive crash. Rumour has it the bodies of those killed earlier in the year when the other half collapsed are still under the wreckage. Luckily I was already up and about or it could have been mistaken for an Aircraft using the driveway as an emergency concrete derived speed reduction device.
As for the rest of the time, see details filed under Headless Chicken.
Evening, Moose07. I hope your Monday goes better!
Anoreth, is this your dog?
Mondays are, well, Mondays..
True. Kathleen has more swimming lessons starting tomorrow.
Monday shouldn’t be too bad, I’m not in charge of anything tomorrow.
Yes it’s still a Monday so one never knows.
I'm not sure I want to be in charge of me, tomorrow.
I thinking about switching all the chairs around while everyone is gone. But I can’t find then. Then in a virtual world I could put the desk on the walls. I am a hired service in my building. That means I can’t go to many company events. This includes most meetings and all committiees, this part is good. Each year during their Christmas party, I plot moving chairs around. But most people wouldn’t notice. If there is a empty bulletin board I have some stuff I am collecting about proper dining etiquette to put in the lunch room.
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