Organic Components of Small Bodies in the Outer Solar System: Some Results of the New Horizons Mission

The close encounters of the Pluto–Charon system and the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth (formerly 2014 MU<sub>69</sub>) by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015 and 2019, respectively, have given new perspectives on the most distant planetary bodies yet explored. These bodies are key indica...

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Main Authors: Dale P. Cruikshank, Yvonne J. Pendleton, William M. Grundy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/10/8/126