243 Ida is an asteroid in the Koronis family of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 29 September 1884 by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at Vienna...

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...

(/ˈdæktɪl/ DAK-til; formally (243) Ida I Dactyl) 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 two asteroids orbiting their common barycenter. The binary nature of 243 Ida was discovered when the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid in 1993...

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

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...

Look up Ida, ida, idä, or -ida in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ida or IDA may refer to: Ida (given name), including people so named Ida (surname)...

structure on the asteroid 243 Ida. It was named after Pula (Pola), the place where Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa discovered Ida on 29 September 1884;: 206 ...

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...

"-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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Doubtless, initiates must have known more. Dactyl, an asteroid moon of 243 Ida, named after the Dactyls. Ephesia Grammata Goetia Magic in the Graeco-Roman...

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...

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

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...

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...

29 people. 1993 – NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures...

1923. Some of his notable discoveries include 153 Hilda, 216 Kleopatra, 243 Ida, 253 Mathilde, 324 Bamberga, and the near-Earth asteroid 719 Albert. Palisa...

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...

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...

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...

Galileo spacecraft encounters asteroid 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...

243 or variant, may refer to: 243 (number) AD 243 CE, a year 243 BC/BCE, a year March 24 (24/3) 243 Ida, a main-belt asteroid, the 243rd asteroid registered...

is the second binary main-belt asteroid explored by spacecraft, after 243 Ida by Galileo in 1993. The Dinkinesh binary system resembles the 65803 Didymos...

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...