It was quite a discovery when the little moon Dactyl was found orbiting around asteroid Ida, the first time an asteroid was found to have a moon (but everybody figured that this wasn't going to be unusual). Now we know it isn't -- but the first four-body system, one main asteroid and three asteropuppies, has apparently been observed.
The main body is named Elektra, so I think that the companions should be called Elektikes.
The First Quadruple Asteroid: Astronomers Spot a Space Rock With 3 Moons
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