Image: NASA-UltimaThule-Geology-NewHorizons-20190318

Description: NASA - Ultima Thule - Geology - New Horizons - 20190318[1]Black lines mark troughs, notched lines mark scarp crests. The lineation circling unit mh has been nicknamed "The Road to Nowhere". The large crater lc is the "Maryland Crater" on Thule, and sp are smaller 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 Ultima, labeled ma to mh, are rolling topography units that might be smaller subunits of Ultima. (https://twitter.com/rnolter/status/1115010760315371521) https://www.space.com/new-horizons-ultima-thule-flyby-geologic-frankenstein.html A new map produced by the New Horizons team appears to show the many different lumps of rock that converged to form the object nicknamed Ultima Thule. References ↑ Bartels, Meghan (18 March 2019). NASA's New Horizons Reveals Geologic 'Frankenstein' That Formed Ultima Thule. Space.com. Retrieved on 18 March 2019.
Title: NASA-UltimaThule-Geology-NewHorizons-20190318
Credit: [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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