How many moons can an asteroid have?
Apr 06, 2022
2 minutes
MONICA YOUNG
found a third moon orbiting the asteroid 130 Elektra, breaking the record for moons among asteroid systems. The discovery of the first quadruple asteroid raises the question, just how many moons can an asteroid have? And where do these moons come from?
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