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New Images Reveal Structure, Color, and Features of 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule)

posted by martyb on Wednesday January 02 2019, @10:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the picture-that! dept.

takyon writes:

2014 MU69 has two nearly-spherical lobes and is a contact binary. The collision between the two lobes happened at a low relative velocity, causing little damage to the resulting object. The "neck" between the lobes contains brighter material which appears to be dust that has settled down the slopes that run towards the point of contact.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday January 03 2019, @12:42AM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Thursday January 03 2019, @12:42AM (#781272) Homepage Journal

    It looks like the Spanish Painting of Jesus. The one they turned into Modern Art. Some people laughed. Some cried. And so many people said, "oh, it doesn't look like Jesus, it looks horrible -- they hired a Retard." And possibly they did -- the I.Q. test will prove it, one way or the other. But, it turned out to be a very smart move. Because that Painting is now a HUGE tourist draw!!

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