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Click for next articleA collage of images of asteroid (44) Nysa, believed to be the first-known asteroid in our solar system to have a "trilobate" or three-headed shape.
New images reveal what astronomers believe is the first-known "trilobate" or three-headed asteroid in our solar system.
These new images capture the asteroid known as (44) Nysa, or just Nysa, as it spins through the main asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter.
An image of the three-headed asteroid (44) Nysa and its small moon S/2026 (44) 1, identified here by a pink arrow.
Astronomers say these images reveal (44) Nysa to be unlike any other asteroid we've seen in our neck of the cosmic woods.