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Science. 2020 Feb 28;367(6481). doi: 10.1126/science.aay3705. Epub 2020 Feb 13.

Color, composition, and thermal environment of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth.

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W M Grundy, M K Bird, D T Britt, J C Cook, D P Cruikshank, C J A Howett, S Krijt, I R Linscott, C B Olkin, A H Parker, S Protopapa, M Ruaud, O M Umurhan, L A Young, C M Dalle Ore, J J Kavelaars, J T Keane, Y J Pendleton, S B Porter, F Scipioni, J R Spencer, S A Stern, A J Verbiscer, H A Weaver, R P Binzel, M W Buie, B J Buratti, A Cheng, A M Earle, H A Elliott, L Gabasova, G R Gladstone, M E Hill, M Horanyi, D E Jennings, A W Lunsford, D J McComas, W B McKinnon, R L McNutt, J M Moore, J W Parker, E Quirico, D C Reuter, P M Schenk, B Schmitt, M R Showalter, K N Singer, G E Weigle, A M Zangari

Affiliations

  1. Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA. [email protected].
  2. Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
  3. Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, University of Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.
  4. Rheinisches Institut für Umweltforschung, Universität zu Köln, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
  5. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
  6. Pinhead Institute, Telluride, CO 81435, USA.
  7. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
  8. Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA.
  9. Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
  10. Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  11. Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
  12. National Research Council, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada.
  13. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada.
  14. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
  15. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
  16. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA.
  17. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  18. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011, USA.
  19. Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78238, USA.
  20. Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
  21. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
  22. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
  23. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
  24. Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
  25. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, USA.
  26. Big Head Endian LLC, Leawood, KS 67019, USA.

PMID: 32054693 DOI: 10.1126/science.aay3705

Abstract

The outer Solar System object (486958) Arrokoth (provisional designation 2014 MU

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