To: SunkenCiv; Telepathic Intruder; Go_Raiders; pepsi_junkie
Ultima Thule
Discovered June 26, 2014
New Horizons FlyBy January 1 2019
Distance from Earth 4 billion miles
33 posted on
03/01/2019 8:40:52 AM PST by
Go_Raiders
(The fact is, we really don't know anything. It's all guesswork and rationalization.)
To: Go_Raiders
Yup, the probe was launched before the discovery, and the trajectory of the probe was, quite fortuitously, compatible with a flyby. Sometimes the best plan is a little good luck. :^)
41 posted on
03/01/2019 11:37:22 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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