#mu69 — Public Fediverse posts
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RT @NASANewHorizons
Unknown no longer! In a fitting tribute to the farthest flyby ever conducted by spacecraft, Kuiper Belt object #MU69 has officially been named #Arrokoth, a Native American term meaning “sky” in the Powhatan/Algonquian language. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/far-far-away-in-the-sky-new-horizons-kuiper-belt-flyby-object-officially-named-arrokoth?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=NASA+-+National+Aeronautics+and+Space+Administration&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=76925904@JHUAPL @SwRIhttps://twitter.com/NASA/status/1194374328030236672
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The highest resolution image of MU69 taken by New Horizons is now available. Phil Plait explains what it shows and what it can tell us about the population of bodies out there.
#Space #Astronomy #Asteroids #NewHorizons #MU69 #UltimaThule #Exploration