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    Unforgettable Ultima Thule

    May 01, 2019 2 minutes
    FRED WATSON is Australia’s Astronomer-at-Large.

    OU MIGHT NOT have heard of 2014 MU69. But there’s a good chance you’ll know it by its unofficial name – Ultima Thule. That’s a Latin term used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for a distant unknown place, making it the perfect nickname

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