Ultima Thule
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Ultima Thule is the former nickname of the Kuiper Belt object 486958 Arrokoth, a distant, contact-binary world visited by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nickname ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
New Horizons flyby target 2014 MU69
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
trans-Neptunian object 2014 MU69 ⓘ |
| associatedBody | NASA New Horizons spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDiscoveryDesignation | 2014 MU69 ⓘ |
| associatedObjectOrbit | beyond Neptune ⓘ |
| associatedObjectType | cold classical Kuiper Belt object ⓘ |
| associatedWithMission | New Horizons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversyContext | name later considered problematic ⓘ |
| describes |
a Kuiper Belt object
ⓘ
a contact-binary world ⓘ |
| distanceContext | distant solar system object ⓘ |
| flybyDateOfAssociatedObject | 2019-01-01 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| locationOfAssociatedObject | Kuiper Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
beyond the known world
ⓘ
farthest Thule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namingContext | New Horizons public naming campaign ⓘ |
| refersTo |
486958 Arrokoth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arrokoth NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuiper Belt object 486958 Arrokoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
486958 Arrokoth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arrokoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedDueTo | cultural and historical concerns ⓘ |
| shapeContext | contact binary ⓘ |
| status | former nickname ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NASA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Horizons mission team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | Kuiper Belt Extended Mission target of New Horizons ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Arrokoth