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Asteroid Nysa may be the first known contact trinary
Key Takeaways
- New adaptive-optics images suggest asteroid Nysa may consist of three joined lobes.
- Researchers also detected a small moon orbiting Nysa using high-contrast imaging.
- The moon could help measure Nysa’s mass and test whether the three-lobe interpretation is correct.
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DT Editorial Team··via universetoday.com
