Approach to Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule
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This movie shows the view of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule (2014 MU69) as seen by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft from December 7, 2018 to January 1, 2019.
During the approach, Ultima Thule transforms from a faint dot 20 million miles (31 million km) away, indistinguishable from thousands of background stars, to a newly revealed world unlike any seen before, from a range of 5,000 miles (8,000 km).
The sequence consists of actual New Horizons images, taken at discrete intervals during the approach, supplemented with computer-generated intermediate frames in order to make a smooth movie.
Time slows down during the movie to show clearly both the slow initial phases of the approach and the very rapid final stages.
The final image is a parting crescent view of Ultima Thule, taken 10 minutes after closest approach occurred at 12:33 a.m. EST on January 1.
Credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute / National Optical Astronomy Observatory / Brian May / Maria Banks / Roman Tkachenko.
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