Faster access than browser!
64 relations: Africa, Alan Stern, Apparent magnitude, Applied Physics Laboratory, Argentina, Associated Press, Astrometry, Astronomical unit, Binary asteroid, Chord (astronomy), Christchurch, Chubut Province, Classical Kuiper belt object, CNN, Contact binary (small Solar System body), Day, Degree (angle), Distant minor planet, Division for Planetary Sciences, Hill sphere, Hubble Space Telescope, International Astronomical Union, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Julian day, Julian year (astronomy), Kuiper belt, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Massachusetts, Minor Planet Center, Minor planet designation, NASA, New Horizons, Nickname, Occultation, Orbit, Orbit determination, Orbital eccentricity, Orbital inclination, Orbital period, Pacific Ocean, Perturbation (astronomy), Pluto, Rosetta (spacecraft), Rotation around a fixed axis, Rotation period, Sagittarius (constellation), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Software bug, Solar System, South Africa, ..., South America, Space Telescope Science Institute, Space.com, Spacecraft, Spheroid, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Sun, The New York Times, The Planetary Society, Thule, Trans-Neptunian object, Universities Space Research Association, Wide Field Camera 3, 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Expand index (14 more) »
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Africa · See more »
Alan Stern
Sol Alan Stern (born November 22, 1957) is an American engineer and planetary scientist.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Alan Stern · See more »
Apparent magnitude
The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Apparent magnitude · See more »
Applied Physics Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, commonly known as simply the Applied Physics Laboratory, or APL, located in Howard County, Maryland, near Laurel and Columbia, is a not-for-profit, university-affiliated research center (or UARC) employing 6,000 people.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Applied Physics Laboratory · See more »
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Argentina · See more »
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Associated Press · See more »
Astrometry
Astrometry is the branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Astrometry · See more »
Astronomical unit
The astronomical unit (symbol: au, ua, or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Astronomical unit · See more »
Binary asteroid
A binary asteroid is a system of two asteroids orbiting their common barycenter.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Binary asteroid · See more »
Chord (astronomy)
In the field of astronomy the term chord typically refers to a line crossing an object which is formed during an occultation event.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Chord (astronomy) · See more »
Christchurch
Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Christchurch · See more »
Chubut Province
Chubut (Talaith Chubut; Provincia del Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range to the west, and the Atlantic ocean to the east.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Chubut Province · See more »
Classical Kuiper belt object
A classical Kuiper belt object, also called a cubewano ("QB1-o"), is a low-eccentricity Kuiper belt object (KBO) that orbits beyond Neptune and is not controlled by an orbital resonance with Neptune.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Classical Kuiper belt object · See more »
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and CNN · See more »
Contact binary (small Solar System body)
A contact binary is a small Solar System body that is composed of two bodies that have gravitated toward each other until they touch.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Contact binary (small Solar System body) · See more »
Day
A day, a unit of time, is approximately the period of time during which the Earth completes one rotation with respect to the Sun (solar day).
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Day · See more »
Degree (angle)
A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle, defined so that a full rotation is 360 degrees.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Degree (angle) · See more »
Distant minor planet
The term distant minor planet is used by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center to refer collectively to those minor planets found in the outer Solar System that are not commonly thought of as "asteroids".
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Distant minor planet · See more »
Division for Planetary Sciences
The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) is a division within the American Astronomical Society (AAS) devoted to solar system research.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Division for Planetary Sciences · See more »
Hill sphere
An astronomical body's Hill sphere is the region in which it dominates the attraction of satellites.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Hill sphere · See more »
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Hubble Space Telescope · See more »
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international association of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and International Astronomical Union · See more »
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California, United States, with large portions of the campus in La Cañada Flintridge, California.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Jet Propulsion Laboratory · See more »
Julian day
Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian Period and is used primarily by astronomers.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Julian day · See more »
Julian year (astronomy)
In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Julian year (astronomy) · See more »
Kuiper belt
The Kuiper belt, occasionally called the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt, is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Kuiper belt · See more »
Lunar and Planetary Institute
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is a scientific research institute dedicated to study of the solar system, its formation, evolution, and current state.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Lunar and Planetary Institute · See more »
Massachusetts
Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Massachusetts · See more »
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official worldwide organization in charge of collecting observational data for minor planets (such as asteroids and comets), calculating their orbits and publishing this information via the Minor Planet Circulars.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Minor Planet Center · See more »
Minor planet designation
A formal minor planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet but not comet).
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Minor planet designation · See more »
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and NASA · See more »
New Horizons
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and New Horizons · See more »
Nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place, or thing, for affection or ridicule.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Nickname · See more »
Occultation
An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Occultation · See more »
Orbit
In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved trajectory of an object, such as the trajectory of a planet around a star or a natural satellite around a planet.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Orbit · See more »
Orbit determination
Orbit determination is the use of a set of techniques for estimating the orbits of objects such as moons, planets, and spacecraft.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Orbit determination · See more »
Orbital eccentricity
The orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Orbital eccentricity · See more »
Orbital inclination
Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Orbital inclination · See more »
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object, and applies in astronomy usually to planets or asteroids orbiting the Sun, moons orbiting planets, exoplanets orbiting other stars, or binary stars.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Orbital period · See more »
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Pacific Ocean · See more »
Perturbation (astronomy)
In astronomy, perturbation is the complex motion of a massive body subject to forces other than the gravitational attraction of a single other massive body.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Perturbation (astronomy) · See more »
Pluto
Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Pluto · See more »
Rosetta (spacecraft)
Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Rosetta (spacecraft) · See more »
Rotation around a fixed axis
Rotation around a fixed axis or about a fixed axis of revolution or motion with respect to a fixed axis of rotation is a special case of rotational motion.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Rotation around a fixed axis · See more »
Rotation period
In astronomy, the rotation period of a celestial object is the time that it takes to complete one revolution around its axis of rotation relative to the background stars.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Rotation period · See more »
Sagittarius (constellation)
Sagittarius is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Sagittarius (constellation) · See more »
Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Santa Cruz Province, Argentina · See more »
Software bug
A software bug is an error, flaw, failure or fault in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Software bug · See more »
Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Solar System · See more »
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and South Africa · See more »
South America
South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and South America · See more »
Space Telescope Science Institute
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST; in orbit since 1990) and for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST; scheduled to be launched in March 2021).
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Space Telescope Science Institute · See more »
Space.com
Space.com is a space and astronomy news website.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Space.com · See more »
Spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Spacecraft · See more »
Spheroid
A spheroid, or ellipsoid of revolution, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Spheroid · See more »
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is an 80/20 joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to construct and maintain an airborne observatory.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy · See more »
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Sun · See more »
The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and The New York Times · See more »
The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society is an American internationally active, non-governmental, nonprofit foundation.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and The Planetary Society · See more »
Thule
Thule (Θούλη, Thoúlē; Thule, Tile) was the place located furthest north, which was mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Thule · See more »
Trans-Neptunian object
A trans-Neptunian object (TNO, also written transneptunian object) is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance (semi-major axis) than Neptune, 30 astronomical units (AU).
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Trans-Neptunian object · See more »
Universities Space Research Association
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) was incorporated on March 12, 1969 in Washington, D.C. as a private, nonprofit corporation under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Universities Space Research Association · See more »
Wide Field Camera 3
The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) is the Hubble Space Telescope's last and most technologically advanced instrument to take images in the visible spectrum.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and Wide Field Camera 3 · See more »
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (abbreviated as 67P or 67P/C-G) is a Jupiter-family comet, originally from the Kuiper belt, with a current orbital period of 6.45 years, a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours and a maximum velocity of.
New!!: (486958) 2014 MU69 and 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko · See more »
Redirects here:
1110113Y, 2014 MU69, 2014 Mu69, 486958, KBO 2014 MU69, KBO-2014 MU69, List of geological features on 2014 MU69, MU69.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(486958)_2014_MU69
