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Asteroid Ida and its Satellite Dactyl in Enhanced Color

NASA/JPL/USGS1998-11-03

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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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  • Title: Asteroid Ida and its Satellite Dactyl in Enhanced Color
  • Creator: NASA/JPL/USGS
  • Date Created: 1998-11-03
  • Rights: JPL
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