Asteroid Nysa's rare three-lobed structure challenges formation models

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Asteroid Nysa's Rare Three-Lobed Structure Challenges Formation Models

By Phys.org

Named for the mythical valley where the god Dionysus was raised in secret by nymphs, the asteroid 44 Nysa inhabits the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Through observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have determined it to be th ...Read more