BiPiSci – Space Rocks!: Mark Showalter / Ultima Thule

Big Picture Science / Ultima Thule
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Click above to listen to part 3 of Space Rocks!, featuring Mark Showalter, planetary scientist and Senior Research Scientist at the SETI Institute and a member of the New Horizons team, looking forward to the January 1, 2019 New Horizons flyby of the trans-Neptunian Kuiper Belt object officially designated as 2014 MU69, but better known by its nickname, Ultima Thule.

Tagged as: asteroids, astronomy, NASA, New Horizons, space exploration, Ultima Thule