Arrokoth
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard 20 Jul
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Contact‑binary Kuiper‑Belt object visited by New Horizons after Pluto
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentAlex McColganAstrum Space · NASA Found Something Lurking at the Edge of Our Solar System · 57:11 · 20 Jul
…It performed a flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto and Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, which was later officially named Arrokoth, meaning sky, in the Native American Powhatan or Algonquian language.…
Alex McColganAstrum Space · The Final Images We Will Ever See of Pluto and Arrokoth · 18:32 · Feb 2025
…Given that this region is so far from Earth, it is largely uncharted territory. a place where no man has gone before. So, did the New Horizons team know of an object that they could visit next? Yes, they did, and its name is Arrokoth. But incredibly, they didn't even know of its existence before New Horizons was launched. So, what is Arrokoth? What does it…
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