page_title: Long Range Reconnaissance Imager
section_title: Approach views
hierarchical_section_title: Long Range Reconnaissance Imager / 486958 Arrokoth / Approach views
caption_attribution_description: English: First Images of Ultima Thule http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Galleries/Featured-Images/image.php?page=1&amp;gallery_id=2&amp;image_id=577 Release Date: January 2, 2019 This image taken by the Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) is the most detailed of Ultima Thule returned so far by the New Horizons spacecraft. It was taken at 5:01 Universal Time on January 1, 2019, just 30 minutes before closest approach from a range of 46,000 miles (73,929 kilometers), with an original scale of 459 feet (140 meters) per pixel.
context_page_description: Long Range Reconnaissance Imager is a telescope aboard the New Horizons spacecraft for imaging. LORRI has been used to image Jupiter and its moons and especially Pluto and its system of moons since its launched in 2006. LORRI is a reflecting telescope of Ritchey-Chrétien design, and it has a main mirror diameter of 20.8 cm across. Images are taken with a CCD capturing data with 1024 × 1024 pixels. LORRI is a telescopic panchromatic imager integrated with the New Horizons spacecraft, and it is one of seven major science instruments on the probe. LORRI does not have any moving parts and is pointed by moving the entire New Horizons spacecraft. LORRI has a narrow field of view, less than a third of one degree.
caption: Arrokoth as seen by LORRI on January 1, 2019, at distance of 18,000 miles (28,000 kilometers).
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