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，如何预测三个受引力束缚的天体在太空中的舞步，这个难题最近因小说和电视剧《三体》而广为人知。不过，一组研究人员却表示，在太阳系边缘的柯伊伯带，他们借助NASA的哈勃望远镜和夏威夷的W. M. Keck天文台，发现了一个可能稳定的冰冻“三兄弟”系统，这似乎没什么好担心 ...

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 ...

"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star system, and we're finding that the Kuiper Belt may be no exception!" ...

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 ...

The Kuiper Belt object Altjira was thought to be a binary, but closer analysis suggests that it is highly likely to be a triple system This raises the question of the three-body problem ...

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 ...

In particular, the small, icy objects that orbit beyond Neptune in the “Kuiper Belt” are faint and difficult to study. One object in the Kuiper Belt, known as Altjira, is the the focus of this study.

148780 Altjira is around 6 billion kilometers away from Earth and consists of three Kuiper Belt Objects (KBO), each around 200 kilometers in size. Altjira was discovered with the Hubble Space ...

An illustration of the 148780 Altjira system of two or maybe three asteroids. Inset: the Hubble Space Telescope | Credit: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) If it is confirmed as a triplet, ...

Astronomers just spotted what they think might be a third object in a Kuiper Belt system known as Altjira, which would make it a triple system instead of a binary. If confirmed, it would mean Altjira ...

M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii. If confirmed as the second such three-body system found in the region, the 148780 Altjira system suggests there could be similar triples waiting to be discovered ...

M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii. If confirmed as the second such three-body system found in the region, the 148780 Altjira system suggests there could be similar triples waiting to be discovered ...