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Astronomers identify a celestial '3-body problem' lurking in the outer solar system
New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three ...
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Hubble Telescope discovers a new '3-body problem' puzzle among Kuiper Belt asteroids (video)
"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star ...
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NASA Finds A Mysterious 3-Body System In Deep Space, And It's Not A 'Problem'
NASA scientists have discovered Altjira system, a group of 3 space rocks in Kuiper Belt, providing evidence for the theory of ...
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Mysterious Kuiper Belt Object May Hold Key to Solving the ‘3-Body Problem’
Astronomers have discovered what they believed to be a rare stable trio of gravitationally bound Kuiper Belt objects, ...
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NASA's Hubble finds Kuiper Belt duo may be trio
The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, and has most recently been popularized in the novel and television show '3 ...
3.7 Billion Miles Away: Hubble Uncovers a Hidden Trio That Could Rewrite Kuiper Belt History
A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...
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'Streaming instability' hypothesis: What is it and how is Hubble involved?
Scientists have discovered a potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt, the Altjira system, challenging planet-formation ...