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<li>Ultima Thule is the first small Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) we have visited. For the first time, we can see a KBO as more than a tiny point of light in a telescope.</li>
<li>it seems to be flat, rather than roughly round. This is really unusual (we've never seen that shape before in planets, moons, asteroids etc.).</li>
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2019-02-20T10:11:30.190Z
2019-02-20T10:11:30.190Z
Hobbes
<p>I read that the New Horizon spacecraft passed by the Ultima Thule. I also got to know that it is a flat, snowman-shaped rock.</p>

<p>What is so special about it?</p>

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2019-02-19T17:26:24.717Z
What's your prior research? Did you read the wikipedia page on Ultima Thule / New Horizons?
AtmosphericPrisonEscape
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2019-02-20T03:55:12.387Z
It's surprisingly difficult to find the Wikipedia page for [Ultima Thule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(486958)_2014_MU69).
StephenG - Help Ukraine
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2019-02-20T08:41:13.550Z
I am not doing any research.
Salazar
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2019-02-20T08:41:40.303Z
I am just curious about space so I asked
Salazar
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2019-02-20T14:15:37.153Z
Hello, Please take the [tour]. By research we mean that you can ask a better question if you try find out about it first. You *should* read the wikipedia page first. It will make your question better. You have done research already because you know "that it is flat".  Learning that is "research".
James K
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What is so special about the Ultima Thule passed by New Horizon spacecraft?
Salazar
# What is so special about the Ultima Thule passed by New Horizon spacecraft?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-19)

I read that the New Horizon spacecraft passed by the Ultima Thule. I also got to know that it is a flat, snowman-shaped rock.

What is so special about it?

**Tags:** asteroids
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What's your prior research? Did you read the wikipedia page on Ultima Thule / New Horizons?  
> **username_2**: It's surprisingly difficult to find the Wikipedia page for [Ultima Thule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(486958)_2014_MU69).  
> **username_0**: I am not doing any research.  
> **username_0**: I am just curious about space so I asked  
> **username_3**: Hello, Please take the [tour]. By research we mean that you can ask a better question if you try find out about it first. You *should* read the wikipedia page first. It will make your question better. You have done research already because you know "that it is flat".  Learning that is "research".  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2019-02-20. Score: 2

* Ultima Thule is the first small Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) we have visited. For the first time, we can see a KBO as more than a tiny point of light in a telescope.
* it seems to be flat, rather than roughly round. This is really unusual (we've never seen that shape before in planets, moons, asteroids etc.).


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