Dactyl (/ˈdæktɪl/ DAK-til; formally (243) Ida I Dactyl) is a tiny asteroid moon 1,200 by 1,400 by 1,600 m (3,900 by 4,600 by 5,200 ft), in size) that...

Look up dactyl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dactyl may refer to: Dactyl (mythology), a legendary being Dactyl (poetry), a metrical unit of verse...

A dactyl (/ˈdæktɪl/; Greek: δάκτυλος, dáktylos, “finger”) is a foot in poetic meter. In quantitative verse, often used in Greek or Latin, a dactyl is a...

and ages. Ida's moon Dactyl was discovered by mission member Ann Harch in images returned from Galileo. It was named after the Dactyls, creatures which...

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 discoverer...

In Greek mythology, the Dactyls or Daktyloi (/ˈdæktɪlz/; from Ancient Greek: Δάκτυλοι Dáktuloi "fingers") were the archaic mythical race of male beings...

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

the first asteroid moon to be discovered with a ground-based telescope. Previously, the only known moon of an asteroid was Dactyl, discovered by the Galileo...

moonlets. Small asteroid moons (natural satellites of asteroids), such as Dactyl, have also been called moonlets. The upper limit is also vague. Two orbiting...

Wild 2 (comet) Toutatis (near-Earth asteroid) Methone (moon of Saturn) Hartley 2 (comet) Dactyl (moon of Ida) Ryugu (near-Earth asteroid) Dinkinesh (belt...

parentheses. 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,...

satellite in orbit around the main component. Systems with a small minor-planet moon – also called "companion" or simply "satellite" – include 87 Sylvia, 107 Camilla...

later when the first asteroid moon was formally discovered (Dactyl, the satellite of 243 Ida). The discovery of Hebe's moon was never confirmed. Detailed...

geological features on Vesta List of geological features on 243 Ida and Dactyl List of craters on 253 Mathilde List of geological features on 433 Eros...

Σελήνη pronounced [selɛ̌ːnɛː] seh-LEH-neh, meaning "Moon") is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene, she is traditionally the daughter...

the whole globe Hall III, James A. (2015). Moons of the Solar System: from Giant Ganymede to Dainty Dactyl. Astronomers' Universe. Cham Heidelberg: Springer...

Archimedes claims that forty poppy-seeds laid side by side would equal one Greek dactyl (finger-width) which was approximately 19 mm (3/4 inch) in length. Since...

of geological features of the Solar System List of natural satellites (moons) Lists of small Solar System bodies Lists of comets List of meteor showers...

of the long axis. Dactyl and Ida, another asteroid and asteroid moon system catalogued by astronomers Florence, another dual-moon asteroid confirmed...

pattern | – u u | – u u | – u u | – u u | – u u | – – | (the so-called dactylic hexameter, where – represents a long syllable, and u a short one.) It would...

distich"). He also wrote dactylic hexameters in conversational and epistolary style. Virgil, his contemporary, used dactylic hexameters for both light...

Hall, James A. III (September 19, 2015). Moons of the Solar System: From Giant Ganymede to Dainty Dactyl. Springer. p. 267. ISBN 978-3-319-20636-3....

however, the lines correspond roughly to a monosyllabic tetrameter, a dactylic tetrameter, a trochaic tetrameter, and an iambic tetrameter respectively...

parentheses. 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,...

1997 One of the original three Dactyls WGPSN Celmis 46°S 140°W / 46°S 140°W / -46; -140 (Celmis) 0.2 1997 One of the original three Dactyls WGPSN...

that Ida is a rubble pile asteroid. List of geological features on Ida and Dactyl "Pola Regio". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research...

maintain consistency with it wherever possible. It is now maintained as a Pale Moon extension. Once activated, Pentadactyl removes all Firefox's default user...

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

close-up was 951 Gaspra in 1991, followed in 1993 by 243 Ida and its moon Dactyl, all of which were imaged by the Galileo probe en route to Jupiter. Other...

end i.e., "have regard for the end" or "consider the end"; part of the dactylic hexameter quidquid agis prudenter agas et respice finem (whatever you do...