Asteroid Ida and its Satellite Dactyl in Enhanced Color
During its examination of the asteroid Ida, NASA Galileo spacecraft returned images of a second object, Dactyl--the first confirmed satellite or moon of an asteroid; the much smaller moon is visible to the right of Ida. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00333
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PIA00333
Date Created
November 3, 1998
Center
JPL
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