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Beyond Jupiter - The World of Distant Minor Planets: (486958) Arrokoth
JOA 2023, Vol. 13, No. 3, Page 12 Author(s): Julia PerłaAbstract: (486958) Arrokoth is a Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Object discovered in 2014. The object was visited by the New Horizons space probe on 2019 January 01. The close flyby near (486958) Arrokoth allowed the determination of composition, density, dimensions (including diameters of lobes and the whole body), surface colour, albedo, geological topography, and many other physical properties. It is the furthest object ever studied in situ by a space probe. Several major stellar occultation campaigns were conducted in 2017 and 2018. Stellar occultation data proved to be extremely significant in planning missions to (486958) Arrokoth.