Recordeddatespace
New Horizons passes Arrokoth — the most distant body ever visited
A contact binary in the cold classical Kuiper belt, reached at 43.4 au — the most primitive object yet seen up close. Encounter class: flyby.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- New Horizons · mission · not located
- Arrokoth · celestial body · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
New Horizons mission record
Launch, Jupiter gravity assist, and the Pluto and Arrokoth flyby dates.
NASA / JHUAPL · Partly verified
NASA New Horizons mission pages
Recorded on New Horizons
- New Horizons takes a gravity assist at Jupiter
- New Horizons passes Pluto — the first close encounter
- New Horizons passes Arrokoth — the most distant body ever visited
Related
Related because they share a subject in the Atlas — never because the text looks similar.
- New Horizons passes Pluto — the first close encounter · 2015-07-14
- New Horizons takes a gravity assist at Jupiter · 2007-02-28