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English: NASA - Ultima Thule - Geology - New Horizons - 20190318 [1]

Beaded black lines mark troughs, notched lines mark scarp crests. The lineation circling unit mh is Kaʼan. The 'large crater' lc is Sky on Weeyo, and sp are 'small pits' or craters. The areas labeled bm and dm are made of bright material and dark material, respectively. The magenta areas labeled pm are patterned material, while the green areas labeled rm are rough material, and the blue areas labeled um are undifferentiated material. The eight subunits of Wenu, labeled ma to mh , are rolling topography units that might be smaller subunits of Wenu. ( https://twitter.com/rnolter/status/1115010760315371521 )

https://www.space.com/new-horizons-ultima-thule-flyby-geologic-frankenstein.html

References

  1. Bartels, Meghan ( 18 March 2019 ). NASA's New Horizons Reveals Geologic 'Frankenstein' That Formed Ultima Thule . Space.com . Retrieved on 18 March 2019 .
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Source [1] , also [2] , from the Mar 18 press briefing here
Author NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/ESA

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