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Arrokoth (Ultima Thule)


486958 Arrokoth (provisional designation 2014 MU69; formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule[a]) is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System visited by a spacecraft when the NASA space probe New Horizons conducted a flyby on 1 January 2019.[17][18][19] Arrokoth is a contact binary 36 km (22 mi) long, composed of two planetesimals 21 and 15 km (13 and 9 mi) across, that are joined along their major axes. With an orbital period of about 298 years and a low orbital inclination and eccentricity, Arrokoth is classified as a cold classical Kuiper belt object.

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DrWatson · 70-79, M
Astronauts subjected to prolonged weightlessness need to do do exercises to maintain their muscle tone.

It's good to know there is a giant barbell out there for their convenience.