Thule
E532525
Thule is the informal nickname given to the smaller lobe of the contact binary Kuiper Belt object 486958 Arrokoth, visited by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | smaller lobe of contact binary Kuiper Belt object ⓘ |
| associatedWithMission | NASA New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| componentOf | contact binary system Ultima Thule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Ultima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Hubble Space Telescope observations (as part of Arrokoth) ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| distanceFromSunAtFlyby | about 43 astronomical units ⓘ |
| flybyDate | 2019-01-01 ⓘ |
| formationProcess | gentle accretion of two primordial planetesimals ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | low geometric albedo ⓘ |
| hasInformalNickname | Thule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInformalSystemName | Ultima Thule smaller lobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShape | roughly spherical to slightly flattened ⓘ |
| informalNameOf | smaller lobe of 486958 Arrokoth ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kuiper Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | mythical northern land Thule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedBy |
New Horizons LORRI instrument
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Horizons MVIC instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitedBy | no known moons ⓘ |
| partOf | 486958 Arrokoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSystemName | MU69 small lobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rotationState | tidally locked to Ultima (as part of Arrokoth body) ⓘ |
| surfaceColor | reddish ⓘ |
| surfaceComposition |
complex organic materials (tholins)
ⓘ
methanol ice (inferred) ⓘ |
| surfaceFeature |
bright spots
ⓘ
craters ⓘ dark regions ⓘ |
| visitedBy | New Horizons spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Arrokoth