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Image: Arrokoth Shape Model

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Description: Shape model of the contact binary KBO 486958 Arrokoth, based on stereographic perspectives of the object in New Horizons images. The model is colored to show variations of the geopotential elevation across Arrokoth's surface.
Title: Arrokoth Shape Model
Credit: Original image also shown in New Horizons press release conference
Author: Model by James Tuttle Keane; NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/James Tuttle Keane
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: PD
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