(486958) Arrokoth as imaged in the LORRI CA06 sequence

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   simonbp (simonbp@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2024 01:58:42 JST simonbp

   FYI if Hubble had gone to single-gyro mode circa 2014-17, the Arrokoth flyby would not have happened. HST isn't very useful for the ecliptic with a single gyro, and no other telescope could provide the required astrometry.

   That was quite possible, and was acknowledged as a significant technical risk in the Kuiper Belt Extended Mission (KEM) proposal. But we were lucky.

   #astrodon