Arrokoth, formally 486958 Arrokoth and formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule, is a small icy Kuiper belt object orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune and Pluto, discovered in 2014.
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Wikimedia Foundation486958 Arrokoth, infobox (Mean diameter, overall volume equivalent)
Overall volume equivalent: 19.896 km
Entity description, arrokoth catalogue classification
Arrokoth, formally 486958 Arrokoth and formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule, is a small icy Kuiper belt object orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune and Pluto, discovered in 2014.
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486958 Arrokoth, lead section
a small, icy Kuiper belt object orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune and Pluto
486958 Arrokoth, infobox (Discovered)
26 June 2014
- In Category: Celestial Objects, 486958 Arrokoth, Wikipedia summary
Orbits: Sun, 486958 Arrokoth, lead section (orbital classification)
486958 Arrokoth (provisional designation 2014 MU69; formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule) is a small, icy Kuiper belt object orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune and Pluto.
In Group: Solar System Belts, Clouds and Small Trans-Neptunian Bodies, Lead: kind of object
is a small, icy Kuiper belt object orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune and Pluto
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