New Horizons’ Next Target Has Finally Got Its Nickname
After months ofdeliberation and voting , NASA has announced the prescribed nickname for 2014 MU69 , the space rock that will be visited by New Horizons on January 1 , 2019 . The physical object will be address Ultima Thule , after the mythical island often suck in the extreme North of medieval mapping . The condition has do to intend a distant place beyond “ the border of the known earth ” , providing a perfect name for the intriguing objective ....