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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…
astro-ph.IM2018
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…