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The first asteroid with "three heads", the discovery that is surprising scientists

2026-08-06 17:18:21Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The first asteroid with "three heads", the discovery that is
Artist's impression of asteroid 44 Nysa with its distinctive three-lobed shape and its satellite.

An unusual discovery has caught the attention of the scientific community. Astronomers have identified for the first time in the history of observations a three-lobed asteroid, or as it is being called, the "three-headed asteroid", an object that is unlike any other known to date in the Solar System.

The asteroid, known as (44) Nysa, is located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It was discovered in 1857, but the technology of the time did not allow its true shape to be distinguished. Only now, thanks to observations with the Very Large Telescope in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, scientists have managed to discover its unusual structure.

The images show that Nysa is about 75 kilometers wide and consists of three masses connected by two narrow "necks," creating a shape that has not been observed in any other asteroid before. For this reason, researchers believe that it could be a "trinary contact," that is, three celestial bodies that have joined together over billions of years, or a single body with an extremely irregular shape.

The first asteroid with "three heads", the discovery that is

As if that weren't enough, astronomers discovered that the asteroid also has a small moon, about 1 kilometer in diameter, orbiting it, located approximately 170 kilometers away. This natural satellite had never been identified before.

According to researchers, the discovery could help understand how asteroids and the inner planets of the Solar System, including Earth, formed. Nysa's mineral composition is thought to preserve very ancient materials, dating back to the earliest stages of the Solar System's formation, about 4.5 billion years ago.

This is one of the most unusual astronomical discoveries of the year, as for the first time scientists are facing an object that challenges existing models of asteroid formation and evolution.

 


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