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Outer solar system experts find 'far out there' dwarf planet
Phys.org ^
| Dec 17, 2018
| Carnegie Institution for Science
Posted on 12/17/2018 10:02:52 AM PST by ETL
A team of astronomers has discovered the most-distant body ever observed in our Solar System. It is the first known Solar System object that has been detected at a distance that is more than 100 times farther than Earth is from the Sun. ..."
The Magellan observations confirmed that 2018 VG18 is around 120 AU, making it the first Solar System object observed beyond 100 AU. Its brightness suggests that it is about 500 km in diameter, likely making it spherical in shape and a dwarf planet."
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: 2018vg18; astronomy; chadtrujillo; davidtholen; science; scottssheppard; xplanets
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"making it spherical in shape and a dwarf planet." "
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posted on
12/17/2018 10:02:52 AM PST
by
ETL
To: ETL
Could not resist the temptation, could you?
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posted on
12/17/2018 10:07:10 AM PST
by
buckalfa
(I was so much older then, but I'am younger than that now.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/17/2018 10:32:43 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: ETL
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posted on
12/17/2018 10:43:12 AM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: ETL
I believe it was the guy in the middle once owned The Midget Lounge located on the southwest side in Chicago it was a popular place.
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posted on
12/17/2018 10:44:16 AM PST
by
mosesdapoet
(mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record)
To: ETL
These planets are not dwarfs, they’re vertically challenged.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/17/2018 10:45:47 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
To: ETL
You might explain what the Magellan is what and where it is how this was glob was discovered
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posted on
12/17/2018 10:50:21 AM PST
by
mosesdapoet
(mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record)
To: buckalfa
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posted on
12/17/2018 10:54:16 AM PST
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: mosesdapoet
You might explain what the Magellan is what and where it is how this was glob was discoveredIs that one sentence?
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posted on
12/17/2018 10:55:45 AM PST
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: ETL
We now know where the lollipop guild headquarters is.
Ramp up the engines and arm the cannons, its showtime!
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posted on
12/17/2018 11:01:24 AM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: ETL
I thing Magellan is obsessed with dwarfs. He needs to stay home and watch “Little People, Big World.” It will save him all this traveling around and all that money.
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posted on
12/17/2018 11:02:10 AM PST
by
jonrick46
(Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
To: M Kehoe
Little Green Men.
aka, "Green Dwarfs".
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posted on
12/17/2018 11:03:16 AM PST
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: jonrick46
I think Magellan is obsessed with dwarfs. I don't even know who or what that is (Magellan).
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12/17/2018 11:05:45 AM PST
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: ETL
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posted on
12/17/2018 11:06:08 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: mosesdapoet
You might explain what the Magellan is what and where it is how this was glob was discovered
It’s far out, man.
To: fieldmarshaldj; KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
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posted on
12/17/2018 11:36:49 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: ETL
The politically correct police say it should be called a little planet.
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posted on
12/17/2018 11:58:20 AM PST
by
seawolf101
(Member LES DEPLORABLES)
To: ETL
—2018 VG18 —
Since letter number 18 of the alphabet is’ ‘R’, I would nickname this body “V’ Ger”…
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posted on
12/17/2018 12:09:55 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Moonlit Monday BUMP)
To: ETL
We had one.
It was named Pluto.
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posted on
12/17/2018 12:40:14 PM PST
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
To: mikrofon
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12/17/2018 12:41:19 PM PST
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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