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PIA21943: Artist Concept: Flying by a 2014 MU69

Artist's concept of the New Horizons spacecraft flying by a possible binary 2014 MU69 on Jan. 1, 2019.

Target Name:	2014 MU69
Mission:	New Horizons
Product Size:	900 x 591 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	Johns Hopkins University/APL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA21943.tif (1.185 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA21943.jpg (40.11 kB)

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Artist's concept of the New Horizons spacecraft flying by a possible binary 2014 MU69 on Jan. 1, 2019. Early observations of MU69 hint at the Kuiper Belt object being either a binary orbiting pair or a contact (stuck together) pair of nearly like-sized bodies with diameters near 20 and 18 kilometers (12 and 11 miles).

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, designed, built, and operates the New Horizons spacecraft, and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The Southwest Research Institute, based in San Antonio, leads the science team, payload operations and encounter science planning. New Horizons is part of the New Frontiers Program managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Image Credit:

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Image Addition Date:

2017-09-06