Btw, 'Ultima Thule' means 'the furthest North', and was used to describe things 'beyond the borders of the known world', which is probably why they chose the name.We are roughly 0.25 AU, or 25,000,000 miles, from Ultima Thule
06/28/2015 - 14.54 km/s (32,500 mph)
08/14/2015 - 14.50 km/s (32,400 mph)
10/31/2015 - 14.47 km/s (32,400 mph)
01/14/2016 - 14.45 km/s (32,200 mph)
12/24/2016 - 14.43 km/s (32,200 mph)
02/01/2017 - 14.31 km/s (32,000 mph)
06/02/2017 - 14.27 km/s (31,900 mph)
07/06/2017 - 14.26 km/s (31,900 mph)
12/26/2017 - 14.20 km/s (31,765 mph)
08/02/2018 - 14.14 km/s (31,630 mph)
09/01/2018 - 14.13 km/s (31,608 mph)
11/28/2018 - 14.10 km/s (31,540 mph)
33 days away! Ought to start getting more news from the John Hopkins University there in Baltimore, Mayland!
New Horizons
New Horizons
It's Latin.Is it just me, or is "Ultima Thule" the most Occult Alien or Space Nazi named object ever?
I feel like evil wizards that Flash Gordon needs to stop dwell there.
Beat me too it (see post above).Btw, 'Ultima Thule' means 'the furthest North', and was used to describe things 'beyond the borders of the known world', which is probably why they chose the name.
... or is it?Ultima Thule (Swedish band) - Wikipedia
You were a little slow there... (a month!)
I believe we will have a 5 hour trip for the data to get from New Horizons to Earth. Which means, we can get images at any time now. I have read that the whole data download may take 10 months.PBS Newshour has had a Live feed of a press conference. Should be archived in the video section soon.
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