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The Color and Binarity of (486958) 2014 MU69 and Other Long-Range New Horizons Kuiper Belt Targets
Susan Benecchi, David Borncamp, Alex Parker +9
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) measured the colors of eight Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) that will be observed by the New Horizons spacecraft including its 2019 close fly-by target…
The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey: Four years of photometry
Audrey Thirouin, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Richard P. Binzel +10
Over 4.5 years, the Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS) assembled 228 Near-Earth Object (NEO) lightcurves. We report rotational lightcurves for 82 NEOs, constraints…
Great Expectations: Plans and Predictions for New Horizons Encounter with Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 ('Ultima Thule')
Jeffrey M. Moore, William B. McKinnon, Dale P. Cruikshank +31
The New Horizons encounter with the cold classical Kuiper Belt object (KBO) 2014 MU69 (informally named 'Ultima Thule,' hereafter Ultima) on 1 January 2019 will be the first time a…
Pluto Follow On Missions: Background, Rationale, and New Mission Recommendations
Stuart J. Robbins, S. Alan Stern, Richard Binzel +5
The first exploration of Pluto was motivated by (i) the many intriguing aspects of this body, its atmosphere, and its giant impact binary-planet formation; as well as (ii) the scie…
Surface Composition of (99942) Apophis
Vishnu Reddy, Juan Sanchez, Roberto Furfaro +6
On April 13, 2029, near-Earth asteroid (NEA) (99942) Apophis will pass at a distance of 6 Earth radii from Earth. This event will provide researchers with a unique opportunity to s…