File:UltimaThule CA06 color vertical.png
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English: This composite image of the primordial contact binary Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 (nicknamed Ultima Thule) – featured on the cover of the May 17 issue of the journal Science – was compiled from data obtained by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft as it flew by the object on Jan. 1, 2019. The image combines enhanced color data (close to what the human eye would see) with detailed high-resolution panchromatic pictures. |
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Image provided from two sources: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-team-publishes-first-kuiper-belt-flyby-science-results and http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20190516 Direct image: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Galleries/Featured-Images/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=606 |
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| Author | NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Roman Tkachenko. | |||
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| current | 03:42, 20 February 2022 | | 1,302 × 1,860 (978 KB) | wikimediacommons>Viva Nicolás | Slightly better colour and quality |
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