Category: ultima thule

NASA renames Kuiper Belt object following controversy

Post author By Randall
Post date November 13, 2019
Categories In 2014 mu69, arrokoth, astronomy, gear, kuiper belt, mu69, Nasa, new horizons, Science, solar system, Space, Tech, ultima thule, Video

[ad_1] NASA’s nickname for the distant Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, Ultima Thule, has been more than a little contentious. While it has innocuous meanings, Ultima Thule is also the term white supremacists use to refer to a mythical homeland. The agency is sidestepping that controversy, however. It just officially named the object Arrokoth, or […]

NASA details the most distant world we’ve ever observed

Post author By Randall
Post date May 17, 2019
Categories In gear, Nasa, new horizons, Space, Tech, ultima thule

[ad_1] The paper, published in Science, contains information on the “planetesimal’s” development, geology and composition. As NASA previously said, Ultima Thule has two lobes that make it look like snowman, though it’s actually flattened like a pancake. Those two lobes appear to have formed close to one another before they became an orbiting pair that […]