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Asteroid (44) Nysa is a Contact-Trinary Object - PMSchu - 2026-08-01

Here's a link to an article that describes research identifying (44) Nysa as a contact-trinary object:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/1st-three-headed-asteroid-found-in-our-solar-system-and-it-has-a-little-moon

They were also able to detect a small moon.

Hope you find it interesting.

Phil S.