# 486958 Arrokoth

> classical trans-Neptunian object

**Wikidata**: [Q18325885](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18325885)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486958_Arrokoth)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/486958-arrokoth


## References

1. [Source](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ultima-thule-in-3d)
2. [JPL Small-Body Database](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=20486958)
3. [Source](http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2014+MU69)
4. JPL Small-Body Database
5. [Source](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-chooses-nickname-for-ultimate-flyby-target)
6. [Зонд New Horizons совершил пролет мимо астероида на окраине Солнечной системы](https://news.mail.ru/society/35879089)
7. [Source](https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2019/MPC_20191108.pdf)
8. [Source](http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2014MU69)
9. [Source](http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3713011)
10. [Source](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/us/nasa-arrokoth-kuiper-belt.html)
11. [Source](http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=486958)
12. The color and binarity of (486958) 2014 MU69 and other long-range New Horizons Kuiper Belt targets
13. Colors of Trans-Neptunian Contact Binaries
14. [Source](https://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/lcdbsummaryquery.php)
15. [Source](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=3713011)
16. [Source](http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/10151024-finally-new-horizons-has-a-kbo.html)
17. [Source](http://www.stsci.edu/institute/stuc/oct-2014/New-Horizons.pdf)
18. The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth