They just got higher res photos processed of Ultima Thule, which is BB8, apparently.
@tmbrown327 thoughts on formation
@jedijester I'm just following along, but the fav theory right now is pebble accretion, which they mention in this article.
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2019/mu69-baby-comet-contact-binary.html
@tmbrown327 its a space snowman!!!!
@jedijester Could be, actually. They keep calling it a baby comet.
@tmbrown327 @jedijester - I am *not* changing that thing's diaper!
One of the images