Asteroid Ida - Limb at Closest Approach
NASA's Galileo imaging system captured this picture of the limb of the asteroid 243 Ida about 46 seconds after its closest approach on August 28, 1993, from a range of only 2480 kilometers. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00138
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NASA ID
PIA00138
Date Created
January 29, 1996
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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