The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth

R. Spencer, J.; A. Stern, S.; M. Moore, J.; A. Weaver, H.; N. Singer, K.; B Olkin, C.; J. Verbiscer, A.; B. McKinnon, W.; Wm. Parker, J.; A. Beyer, R.; T. Keane, J.; R. Lauer, T.; B. Porter, S.; L. White, O.; J. Buratti, B.; R. El-Maarry, M.; M. Lisse, C.; H. Parker, A.; B. Throop, H.; J. Robbins, S.; M. Umurhan, O.; P. Binzel, R.; T. Britt, D.; W. Buie, M.; F. Cheng, A.; P. Cruikshank, D.; A. Elliott, H.; R. Gladstone, G.; M. Grundy, W.; E. Hill, M.; Horanyi, M.; E. Jennings, D.; J. Kavelaars, J.; R. Linscott, I.; J. McComas, D.; L. McNutt, R.; Protopapa, S.; C. Reuter, D.; M. Schenk, P.; R. Showalter, M.; A. Young, L.; M. Zangari, A.; Y. Abedin, A.; B. Beddingfield, C.; D. Benecchi, S.; Bernardoni, E.; J. Bierson, C.; Borncamp, D.; J. Bray, V.; L. Chaikin, A.; D. Dhingra, R.; Fuentes, C.; Fuse, T.; L Gay, P.; D. J. Gwyn, S.; P. Hamilton, D.; D. Hofgartner, J.; J. Holman, M.; D. Howard, A.; J. A. Howett, C.; Karoji, H.; E. Kaufmann, D.; Kinczyk, M.; H. May, B.; Mountain, M.; Pätzold, M.; M. Petit, J.; R. Piquette, M.; N. Reid, I.; J. Reitsema, H.; D. Runyon, K.; S. Sheppard, S.; A. Stansberry, J.; Stryk, T.; Tanga, P.; J. Tholen, D.; E. Trilling, D.; H. Wasserman, L.

doi:10.1126/science.aay3999

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The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth

Published in Science • Feb 14, 2020

Authors:

J. R. Spencer

S. A. Stern

J. M. Moore

Abstract

Examining Arrokoth The New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth (also known as 2014 MU 69 ) in January 2019. Because of the great distance to the outer Solar System and limited bandwidth, it will take until late 2020 to downlink all the spacecraft's observations bac...

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Impact crater

Geology

Solar System

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