486958 Arrokoth
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| Orbital period | 297 years |
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| Discovered | June 26, 2014 |
| Discoverer | Marc Buie |
| Orbits | Sun |
| Mean anomaly | 316. 551° |
| Mean motion | 0° 0m 11. 92s / day |
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| ID | 3018356 |
About 486958 Arrokoth
486958 Arrokoth, provisional designation 2014 MU₆₉, is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. It is a contact binary 36 km long, composed of two planetesimals 21 km and 15 km across, nicknamed "Ultima" and "Thule", respectively, that are joined along their major axes.