这项研究来自杨百翰大学和太空望远镜科学研究所的研究人员。 148780 Altjira的奇异世界 2001年，在基特峰深黄道调查（Kitt Peak’s Deep Ecliptic Survey ...

Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed of chunks of rock and ice like comets, dwarf planets, and random objects ...

NASA哈勃望远镜发现柯伊伯带可能藏着三体系统，Altjira或揭示太阳系形成之谜，挑战传统碰撞理论。 科学家们几百年来一直在苦苦思索，如何预测三 ...

如果得到证实，148780 Altjira系统将只是该区域已知的第二个三体系统，这表明可能存在更多的三体系统。 这一发现将支持有关太阳系历史和柯伊伯带 ...

New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three separate bodies orbiting one another in a complex triad. This rare ...

If it is confirmed as a triplet, the system — designated 148780 Altjira — could offer scientists a chance to improve their models of how three gravitationally bound bodies move through space ...

It may also change the way scientists think about the formation of systems asteroids in the Kuiper belt. The system, which has already been named 148780 Altjira, allows scientists to improve their own ...