![Around 30 scientists from NASA will witness the solar occultation of Ultima Thule, a new Kuiper Belt Object. (Image source: Giselle Varga/Flickr)](/images/occulation.jpg)
Around 30 scientists from NASA will witness the solar occultation of Ultima Thule, a new Kuiper Belt Object. (Image source: Giselle Varga/Flickr)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is sending a team of 30 US scientists and 21 mobile telescopes to Senegal for a unique astronomical opportunity to view a stellar occultation of a new Kuiper Belt Object, known as Ultima Thule