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12/31/18
"It's an elognated blob. It's not round. Aww, lookit the little peanut."
Read more from Twitter12/31/18
"The ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto, are riding aboard New Horizons. They are about to pass Ultima Thule & head out to the stars. -- @DrFunkySpoon at #UltimaLive"
Read more from Twitter1/3/19
This one says "no obvious impact craters" but I'm a little skeptical of this conclusion from such a low-phase-angle image. I see a few bright spots -- maybe craters? We'll know soon enough.
— Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) January 2, 2019
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1/3/19
Surface slopes on MU69, a super-fast simulation by @jtuttlekeane. Explains why the "neck" may be so bright -- stuff just rolls down hill there, exposing relatively fresher material. pic.twitter.com/SmLPhKhvdt
— Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) January 2, 2019
1/25/19
We got our first high-resolution MVIC panchromatic image of 2014 MU69 down. With a little deconvolution magic, it is easily our best image yet. pic.twitter.com/wQNUGkeywu
— Alex Parker (@Alex_Parker) January 24, 2019
2/22/19
Prepare for some cool new @NewHorizons2015 Ultima Thule news and pics tomorrow! Way better than this stuff— wait for it— wait for it! #Space #NASA #UltimaThule #Science pic.twitter.com/PFpqHreuwu
— Alan Stern (@AlanStern) February 22, 2019
3/2/19
Science fiction becomes real: We now have a detailed terrain map of Pluto's moon Charon. Researchers call its three geological eras Ozian, Vulcanian, and Spockian. https://t.co/TVPupwXU2f pic.twitter.com/uJprAVs8uu
— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) March 2, 2019
3/2/19
"Impact Craters on Pluto and Charon Indicate a Deficit of Small Kuiper Belt Objects" @AlanStern et al. See https://t.co/zfI0tN8RUP pic.twitter.com/IGNb2qYGZZ
— Harold Geller (@AstroBioProf) March 1, 2019
3/2/19
A bit of Pluto pic.twitter.com/RZsi0mkLoG
— Bits of Pluto (@bitsofpluto) March 2, 2019