Lincoln
Hills Astronomy Group
Poems by Jim Fulcomer
Ultima
Thule
The signals came from outer space, in bits, much
long-awaited
It was New Horizons checking in, appropriately
dated.
For New Years brought excitement to the waiting team
on Earth
Hoping that new data would access the Solar System’s
birth.
First impressions only gave a hint of what might be
expected
Was it a Bowling Pin or Garnet Yam, whose shape had
been detected?
But closing in at lightning speed and improved
resolution
two knobby blobs were seen as one, in obvious
collusion.
Ultima Thule, the distant land, came slowly into
view
A red snowman was the consensus of the monitoring
crew.
Officially, he’s a KBO, 2014MU69.
But he has secrets he will reluctantly divine.
Of the most excited folks, was Brian May, of Queen
Who can rock and roll with Physics and lots of stuff
between.
It took lots of luck and planning to locate this
tiny rock
I hope it all was worth it, if NASA goes in hock.