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Arrokoth
n a fitting tribute to the farthest flyby ever conducted by spacecraft, the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 has been officially named Arrokoth, a Native American term meaning “sky” in the Powhatan/Algonquian language.
Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Image CreditNASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
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