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Dactyl moon hovering in the sky above asteroid Ida.

The asteroid Ida, viewed at close range by the Galileo spacecraft, was discovered to have a tiny moon, Dactyl, orbiting it. In this view Dactyl hovers in the sky of Ida.

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Title: Dactyl moon hovering in the sky above asteroid Ida.

Caption: The asteroid Ida, viewed at close range by the Galileo spacecraft, was discovered to have a tiny moon, Dactyl, orbiting it. In this view Dactyl hovers in the sky of Ida.

Category: Space

Credit: Album / Steven Hobbs/Stocktrek Images

Image size: 5880 × 4410 px | 74.2 MB

Print size: 49.8 × 37.3 cm | 2315.0 × 1736.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 243 IDA • ASTEROID BELT • ASTEROID • ASTROGEOLOGY • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMY • COLOR IMAGE • COLOUR IMAGE • CRATER (GEOLOGY) • CRATER • CRATER, VOLCANO • DACTYL • DIGITALLY GENERATED IMAGE • EXOGEOLOGY • HILL • HORIZON • HORIZONTAL • IDA • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMPACT CRATERS • KORONIS FAMILY • LARGE • LUNA • LUNAR • METEOR • MINOR PLANETS • MOON • NO PEOPLE • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTER SPACE • OUTERSPACE • OUTSIDE • PLANET • PLANETARY GEOLOGY • PLANETOID • PLANETS • ROCKY • ROUGH TERRAIN • SLOPE • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE ART • SPACE • SPATIAL • SURFACE • TERRAIN • WITHOUT PEOPLE