Ultima Thule: For Those Who Like A Mystery
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
HOUSTON—“Bowling pin,” then “snowman” and now “giant pancake” and “thick, dented walnut.” That’s how the NASA New Horizons team’s description of Ultima Thule—the most distant celestial object ever studied up close by a spacecraft—has evolved. The latest official description from New Horizons...
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