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There are plenty of binary asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects, but add a third object to the mix and things get unstable.
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There are plenty of binary asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects, but add a third object to the mix and things get unstable. Hubble has potentially found the second triple-Kuiper Belt Object ever seen, designated Altijira. It's located about 44 AU away, with two objects orbiting one another at 7,600 km apart. Hubble observations showed co-orbital motion, indicating that the inner object is actually two objects too close together to be distinguished.
