Arrokoth, Name for the Farthest World Man Has Ever Found

 On January 1, 2019, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft managed to reach the Kuiper Belt object which became known as 2014 MU69. It is the most distant world that humans have found. Now, the world has a new name, namely Arrokoth - taken from an Old American term which means sky in Powhatan / Algonquian language.

This name was later proposed to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and Minor Planet Center by the New Horizons team, with the consent of the Powhatan Tribe elders and representatives.

"We are very pleased to receive this gift from the Powhatan people," said Lori Glaze, Director of NASA's Planetary Science Division.

"The name Arrokoth signifies the strength and fighting power of the Powhatan people in the Chesapeake region. Their legacy then becomes a guiding light for people who are searching for the origin of the universe and its connection to human civilization," he added.

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Arrokoth itself is a 36 kilometer long object made of two planetesimals that fuse with strange shapes and orbit the Sun every 298 years. When New Horizons explored Arrokoth, the world was 6.49 billion kilometers from the Sun. It also became the furthest the world has ever explored, a record that is expected to last for decades.

"The name 'Arrokoth' reflects inspiration to the sky and questions about the stars and the world that we don't understand," said Alan Stern, New Horizonz principal investigator, of the Southwest Research Institute.

"This desire to learn is at the heart of the New Horizons mission. We are honored to join the Powhatan and Maryland Tribe in celebration of this discovery," he said.

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Arrokoth was discovered by New Horizons team member, Marc Buie, in 2014. Under IAU regulations, team members have the right to choose a name for the object they find.

The New Horizons team then chose to name the farthest world after the indigenous tribes that inhabit Maryland, their base of operations.


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