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Discovery of the triple asteroidal system 87 Sylvia

Franck Marchis, Pascal Descamps, Daniel Hestroffer & Jérome Berthier

Nature 436, 822-824(11 August 2005)

doi:10.1038/nature04018

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Figure 1

One of the discovery images taken on 9 August 2004, showing 87 Sylvia and its two satellites, S/2001(87)1 and S/2004(87)1, in the K band (2.2 microm).

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Figure 2

Positions of S/2001(87)1 and S/2004(87)1 around 87 Sylvia.

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Figure 3

The apparent orbit of Sylvia's companions projected on the plane of the sky at different epochs in September 2004.

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Table 1

Orbital elements of Sylvia's satellites S/2001(87)1 and S/2004(87)1, and physical properties of 87 Sylvia

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