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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5256. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Asteroids

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An asteroid discovered by Johann Palisa in 1884, designated (243) Ida. In August 1993 it became the second asteroid to be imaged in close-up from a spacecraft when the Galileo probe passed within 2400 km en route to Jupiter. Ida was found to be a heavily cratered object measuring 56×24×21 km, possessing a small companion: the first confirmed asteroidal satellite. Named Dactyl, the satellite measu...

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