{"id":1153,"date":"2018-12-31T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T20:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2018-12-31T20:30:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T20:30:16","slug":"happy-2019-ultimathule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1153","title":{"rendered":"Happy 2019!!!&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;#UltimaThule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1153\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1153\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/21X5lGlDOfg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As we enter 2019 there is a lot of uncertainty, Brexit, Trump&#8217;s Whitehouse, China&#8217;s economy, crashing stock markets to name but a few. However 2019 is also the 50th Anniversary of the magnificent moon landings when mankind took its first tentative steps into the Universe with courage and conviction.<\/p>\n<p>As we celebrate this great achievement an unmanned Nasa probe &#8211; &#8216;New Horizons&#8217; will be approaching a tiny rocky world :- &#8216;Ultima Thule&#8217; is only 30km wide &amp; is 6.5 billion kilometres from Earth, situated in the Kuiper belt a band of frozen material that orbits the Sun. Ultima is a further billion miles beyond Pluto &amp; is the farthest body in our Solar System to be surveyed.<\/p>\n<p>The intention is to beam back to Earth images &amp; data from the probe in the early hours of the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Over the decades NASA has contributed a massive amount of invaluable knowledge for &#8216;the benefit of all mankind&#8217; &#8211; long may it continue.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year<\/p>\n<p>Chris@amberhill.biz<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amberhill-associates.com\">www.amberhill-associates.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1153', 'Happy+2019%21%21%21%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%23UltimaThule')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter 2019 there is a lot of uncertainty, Brexit, Trump&#8217;s Whitehouse, China&#8217;s economy, crashing stock markets to name but a few. 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