Post by sherlew99 on Jul 8, 2017 13:05:20 GMT -6
Popular Mechanics
New Horizons Spacecraft On Its Way to Mysterious Kuiper Belt Object
Ground-based observations have revealed that the target object beyond Pluto, MU69, could be smaller than originally thought, a binary, or even a swarm of objects.
By Jay Bennett
Jul 7, 2017
New Horizons, the spacecraft that brought you Pluto and its moons, isn't done yet. The craft is still hurling out into the void, and on New Year's Day, 2019, it will fly past a mysterious object out in the frigid realms of the outer solar system known as the Kuiper Belt.
New Horizons Spacecraft On Its Way to Mysterious Kuiper Belt Object
Ground-based observations have revealed that the target object beyond Pluto, MU69, could be smaller than originally thought, a binary, or even a swarm of objects.
By Jay Bennett
Jul 7, 2017
New Horizons, the spacecraft that brought you Pluto and its moons, isn't done yet. The craft is still hurling out into the void, and on New Year's Day, 2019, it will fly past a mysterious object out in the frigid realms of the outer solar system known as the Kuiper Belt.
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