Ultima Thule Image Revealed
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on January 1 beamed back the clearest view yet of the most distant object ever explored - the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) 2014 MU69 nicknamed Ultima Thule.
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Significance: The new image, taken during the historic flyby is the clearest view yet of this remarkable, ancient object in the far reaches of the solar system - and the first small ‘KBO’ ever explored by a spacecraft. |
About the Image
- The image, obtained with the wide-angle Multicolour Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) component of New Horizons’ Ralph instrument, was taken when the KBO was 6,700 km ....
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