Ultima Thule Update
Posted in Astronomy at 12:00 on 16 February 2019
According to Astronomy Picture of the Day for 11/2/19 the asteroid Ultima Thule is not two spheres stuck together as it appeared from the angle at which the New Horizons spacecraft approached it but judging from the way stars reappeared from behind it more like a pancake stuck to a walnut, as represented in the graphic below.

Tags: APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, New Horizons, Ultime Thule
