Image: NASA-UltimaThule-Formation-Diagram-20190318
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Description: Ultima Thule used to be 2 separate objects. It likely formed over time as a rotating cloud of small, icy bodies started to combine. Eventually, 2 larger bodies remained & slowly spiraled closer until they touched, forming the bi-lobed object we see today. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/Press-Conferences/index.php?page=2019-03-18
Title: NASA-UltimaThule-Formation-Diagram-20190318
Credit: Link: https://twitter.com/jtuttlekeane/status/1107715666658893826 Direct Link: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D19kpl_X4AEbm2R.jpg
Author: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/James Tuttle Keane
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