← Back to Training
MCQAdvancedSolar System & Planetary Science

USAAAO — 2019 First Round

Question 28

The New Horizons spacecraft completed a flyby of 2014 MU69 on New Year’s Day of this year. 2014 MU69 is a Kuiper Belt Object with a semimajor axis of 44.58 AU. Estimate the maximum temperature at the surface of 2014 MU69 in Kelvin, assuming the object has zero albedo.

Sign in to save your progress.

Source

Source: USAAAO 2019 First Round, Question 28.