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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: 2) by Snotnose on Thursday January 03 2019, @01:55AM (3 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Thursday January 03 2019, @01:55AM (#781315)

    the typical "do you know this person?" you get on the news. Amazing how something that takes hours to transmit has such better resolution than the security cam shitty image of the porch pirate that just stole your 3 month supply of cat litter.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday January 03 2019, @02:00AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday January 03 2019, @02:00AM (#781319) Journal

    I'm pretty sure the image from the shitty security cam has a much higher resolution than 35-140 meters per pixel, and the security system does not cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 03 2019, @02:54PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 03 2019, @02:54PM (#781486)

      wat? they took a picture of kitty litter from orbit?