New Horizons Glimpses the Surface of Ultima Thule

[NRaleighLiberal]

Source: NYT



Jan. 2 Shape confirmed

New Horizons returned the first image of Ultima Thule that confirms its shape.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/31/science/new-horizons-ultima-thule-flyby.html

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the bowling pin or snow man guesses in my post yesterday were spot on!

sharper pics at this link http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Galleries/Featured-Images/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=577

[Blues Heron]

1. awesome!

meanwhile down here we've got the ultimate tool ...

[reACTIONary]

9. +10 nt

[SCVDem]

2. It looks like

A fender bender where they got hooked together. I think a little heat and gravity separates them.

Your thoughts?

[Igel]

4. Gravity wouldn't separate them.

If anything, it would keep them mostly in position.

[SCVDem]

7. I was thinking large mass

External pull.
Just an hypotheses.

Good job guys!

[DallasNE]

5. My Exact Thoughts Too

And is there a slight amount of ice attached as well?

Amazing that there is enough light that far out to get a picture of this quality. The space craft is travelling at just over 31,000 mph so it can't be a long exposure. Regardless, this is an amazing feat.

[samnsara]

3. its on the NASA channel now..286 for Dish owners..something MUCH better to watch..

..than trump lying and blabbering.

[wcollar]

6. Oh, come on!

Don't set the bar so low.
Watching paint dry is better to watch than Drumpf.

[Dave Starsky]

8. This is really amazing.

I have never understood why some people think that scientific discovery, particularly regarding outer space, is boring. It is not. I think it's the most exciting thing that we ever do. We all live in an amazing creation, and we can at least try to appreciate it and try to understand how it was all put together.

[reACTIONary]

10. +100 !!! nt

[ThoughtCriminal]

11. Sort of looks like

Tree elves from "Princess Mononoke"



...or maybe Gleep and Gloop from "The Herculoids"

[Blue_Tires]

12. What kind of witchcraft is this?

Link to tweet

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[Tom Rinaldo]

13. We're on our way...