One of the latest GIF movies from the New Horizons trip to Ultima Thule.
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
This animated sequence shows the rotation of Ultima Thule (corrected for the changing distance) so that Ultima Thule (officially named 2014 MU69) appears at constant size but becomes more detailed as the approach progresses.
Intellectually, I understand the blurring. Emotionally, it makes me wonder, then it gives me wonder – that we made it out that far, hit the mark, took the pictures, and sent them back. Great stuff.
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