The first triple asteroid system observed

One of the thousands of asteroids orbiting the sun has been found to
have a mini planetary system of its own.

University of California, Berkeley, assistant research astronomer
Franck Marchis and his colleagues at the Observatoire de Paris have
discovered the first triple asteroid system - two small asteroids
orbiting a larger one known since 1866 as 87 Sylvia.

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