This Asteroid Has 3 Lobes and a Secret Moon Scientists Didn’t Expect
Astronomers got a closer look at one of the largest known asteroids in the main belt, revealing a world like no other accompanied by its own moon. The asteroid (44) Nysa was first discovered in 1857, circling the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The recent observations also found a tiny moon orbiting the asteroid at a distance of around 100 miles (170 kilometers).
- ▪Astronomers got a closer look at one of the largest known asteroids in the main belt, revealing a world like no other accompanied by its own moon.
- ▪The asteroid (44) Nysa was first discovered in 1857, circling the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
- ▪The recent observations also found a tiny moon orbiting the asteroid at a distance of around 100 miles (170 kilometers).
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Astronomers got a closer look at one of the largest known asteroids in the main belt, revealing a world like no other accompanied by its own moon. The asteroid (44) Nysa was first discovered in 1857, circling the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Using high-resolution images from the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona and the Very Large Telescope in Chile, a team of scientists built a three-dimensional model of the asteroid and found that it was unlike any they have ever…
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