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Ultima Thule Revealed.
- Source :
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Astronomy . Aug2019, Vol. 47 Issue 8, p20-29. 10p. 12 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The article offers information on the observations by National Aeronautics and Space Administration's New Horizons spacecraft on the Kuiper Belt object (KBO). Topics discussed include the first discovered KBO in 1992 by David Jewitt and Jane Luu; the first Planetary Decadal Survey chaired by Michael Belto, aimed to explore the Pluto system and KBOs; and the discovery of Ultima Thule which turned out to be a contact binary created by gentle merging of two like sized bodies.
- Subjects :
- *KUIPER belt
*PLUTO (Dwarf planet)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00916358
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Astronomy
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 136818537