 On July 1, 2016, NASA approved additional funding for "New Horizons" to visit the object.On December 2, 2015, "New Horizons" detected what was then called (later named "15810 Arawn") from away, and the photographs show the shape of the object and one or two details.On January 1, 2019, "New Horizons" successfully flew by Arrokoth, returning data showing Arrokoth to be a contact binary 32 km long by 16 km wide.