Ida, minor planet designation 243 Ida, is an asteroid in the Koronis family of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 29 September 1884 by Austrian astronomer...

This is a list of named geological features on asteroid 243 Ida and its moon, Dactyl. Idaean regiones (geologically distinct areas) are named after the...

(243) Ida I Dactyl (/ˈdæktɪl/ DAK-til) is a tiny asteroid moon (1 mile, or 1.6 km, in diameter) that orbits asteroid 243 Ida. It was imaged by the Galileo...

of 951 Gaspra, and discovered the first asteroid moon, Dactyl, around 243 Ida. In 1994, Galileo observed Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9's collision with Jupiter...

convention Craters Caverns and grottos of the world Dorsa Galileo project participants Regiones Discoverer of Ida and places associated with the discoverer...

of two asteroids orbiting their common barycenter. The binary nature of 243 Ida was discovered when the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid in 1993...

with radius-size craters. Medium-sized asteroids such as Mathilde and 243 Ida, that have been observed up close, also reveal a deep regolith covering...

up Ida, ida, idä, or -ida in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ida or IDA may refer to: Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter 243 Ida, an...

"-dactyl", a suffix used in taxonomy Dactyl (moon), a moon of asteroid 243 Ida Dactyl (math), a 300 BC unit of measure being 40 poppy seeds wide or about...

243 Ida 56×24×21 September 29, 1884 First asteroid known to have a moon (determined in 1994) 243 Ida I Dactyl 1.4 February 17, 1994 Moon of 243 Ida,...

243 Ida, an asteroid with a moon named Dactyl Pausanias 5.7.6: "When Zeus was born, Rhea entrusted the guardianship of her son to the Dactyls of Ida,...

member of this family, 243 Ida. A photo of Ida (and its tiny moon Dactyl) is part of the composite image at right (numbered 243). Nesvorný, D.; Broz, M...

materials, but is similar in composition as another Koronis family member, 243 Ida. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 3 November 1886 in Vienna. The asteroid's...

and following companions of the Saturnian moon Dione. The discovery of 243 Ida's natural satellite Dactyl in the early 1990s confirmed that some asteroids...

period in orbit. The Galileo spacecraft imaged 951 Gaspra in 1991 and 243 Ida in 1993, then NEAR imaged 253 Mathilde in 1997 and landed on near–Earth...

been recovered from the Upper Cave. The crater Choukoutien on asteroid 243 Ida was named after the location. The caves are located in Zhoukoudian Town...

an asteroid was Dactyl, discovered by the Galileo space probe, around 243 Ida. Petit-Prince is 13 km in diameter, compared to 45 Eugenia's 214 km. It...

history. On the other hand, observations of 243 Ida by the Galileo spacecraft found weathering of Ida's surface, and the reflection spectra of freshly...

Galileo spacecraft encounters asteroid 243 Ida...

which was Galileo, which flew past two: 951 Gaspra in 1991, followed by 243 Ida in 1993. Both of these lay near enough to Galileo's planned trajectory...

Thus, Dactyl, the moon of 243 Ida, was at first designated "S/1993 (243) 1". Once confirmed and named, it became (243) Ida I Dactyl. Similarly, the fourth...

so no information on Gaspra's mass was obtained. (Galileo also visited 243 Ida where it discovered a moon, allowing a mass estimate there.) Galileo flew...

December 1995. Gravity assists also allowed Galileo to flyby two asteroids, 243 Ida and 951 Gaspra. Ulysses In 1990, NASA launched the ESA spacecraft Ulysses...

Animation of Galileo's trajectory from October 19, 1989, to September 30, 2003   Galileo ·   Jupiter ·   Earth ·   Venus ·   951 Gaspra ·   243 Ida...

Thus, Dactyl, the moon of 243 Ida, was at first designated "S/1993 (243) 1". Once confirmed and named, it became (243) Ida I Dactyl. Similarly, the fourth...

theory that asteroids may possess moons (such as, for example, asteroid 243 Ida with its satellite Dactyl). Clearwater East and Clearwater West are both...

confirmed when the Galileo probe discovered the small Dactyl orbiting 243 Ida in the asteroid belt. The second was discovered around 45 Eugenia in 1998...

Ceres List of geological features on Vesta List of geological features on 243 Ida and Dactyl List of craters on 253 Mathilde List of geological features...

it flew by 951 Gaspra; after the flyby en route to Jupiter, it flew by 243 Ida and discovered its moon Dactyl. Prior and in support of the New Horizons...

princess DMP · 242 243 Ida – Ida, Cretan nymph, after whom Mount Ida is named, where the mythical dactyls lived ((243) Ida I Dactyl) DMP · 243 244 Sita – Sita...