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December 20th, 2018 | #1 |
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New Horizons Is Zooming In on Ultima Thule
The New Horizons spacecraft is getting closer and closer to Ultima Thule.
The journey began in 2006. So far, the spacecraft has encountered the asteroid 132524 APL (2006), Jupiter (2007), Pluto (2015), and now, Ultima Thule. Watch the images as they come in on New Years Day. |
December 20th, 2018 | #2 |
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After the encounter with 2014_MU69 Ultima Thule, New Horizons will hopefully pass near another Kuiper Belt Object. The spacecraft's radioisotope thermoelectric generator is expected to provide power until the mid-2030s, so maybe NASA can keep NH operating long enough to reach interstellar space like the Voyager probes have done and make additional scientific observations there. At that point, it would be cool if NH can turn its camera back at our solar system and take another "Family Portrait" like Voyager 1 did back in 1990.
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December 25th, 2018 | #3 |
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New Horizons Discoveries Keep Coming
Here's a video about New Horizons.
Here is a link to the viewing schedule: New Horizons : Where to Watch Last edited by Nikola Bijeliti; December 26th, 2018 at 10:56 AM. Reason: Link to viewing schedule added. |
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Final Update on New Horizons Prior to Encounter
Here is the final update from the New Horizons team prior to the encounter on New Years Eve:
The PI's Perspective: Anticipation on Ultima's Doorstep! Quote:
New Horizons: Beyond Pluto And here's another great promo poster: |
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December 30th, 2018 | #5 |
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Images of Ultima Thule Are Now Coming In
Images of Ultima Thule are now starting to come in and are being posted on this page:
LORRI Images from the Ultima Thule Flyby |
December 30th, 2018 | #6 |
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Perhaps we will get real lucky and NH will find Planet Nine.
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January 1st, 2019 | #7 |
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Successful flyby of Ultima Thule achieved. NH phoned home to confirm its status. Pictures to follow later being it takes radio signals travelling at the speed of light over 6 hours to reach Earth from the probe's distance of over 4 billion miles.
https://www.space.com/42871-new-hori...y-success.html
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Incidentally, today marks the 60th anniversary of the launch of the Soviet Lunik (Luna)-1, the world's first interplanetary probe, and the first to escape Earth's gravity and become an artificial satellite of the Sun. Intended to hit the Moon, Luna-1 missed the Moon by 3,500 miles due to a programming error in its rocket booster.
And here we are today with New Horizons at the edge of the Solar System on its way to the stars. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/luna1.html
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It's a "contact binary"--two circular lobes that formed separately, then over time merged, forming the snowman shape. Reddish in color due to volatile ices called tholins. Better images will be coming in as NH continues transmitting its data.
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019...izons-returns/
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January 3rd, 2019 | #13 |
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I see it now!
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January 15th, 2019 | #15 |
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Every year we make a snowman, but this year we decided to do something different, so we made a snow Kuiper belt object.
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January 16th, 2019 | #16 |
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In the Space: 1999 episode 'Death's other Dominion' Moonbase Alpha encountered a frozen planet called Ultima Thule. The real Ultima Thule isn't exactly that, of course. Maybe it could be nicknamed Frosty the Snowman.
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January 17th, 2019 | #17 |
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Here are the latest images from New Horizon.
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January 29th, 2019 | #18 |
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Here is the latest image from the probe:
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February 10th, 2019 | #19 |
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Recently transmitted images taken when New Horizons was departing Ultima Thule show that the two lobes are not as spherical as first thought. Notice the position of the stars in these images.
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