The Shape and Pole of (486958) 2014 MU69
Abstract
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past the cold classical Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) 2014 MU69, providing the first opportunity to see a KBO up close. We will present our initial results on the shape and pole fitting of MU69, showing its contact-binary shape, highly-inclined pole, and the implications for KBO formation.
- Publication:
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019EPSC...13..311P