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List of geological features on Ida and Dactyl information


This is a list of named geological features on asteroid 243 Ida and its moon, Dactyl.

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List of geological features on Ida and Dactyl

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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...

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Pola Regio

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astronomers' interpretations that Ida is a rubble pile asteroid. List of geological features on Ida and Dactyl "Pola Regio". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature...

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243 Ida

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range of geological features. The discovery of Ida's moon Dactyl, the first confirmed satellite of an asteroid, provided additional insights into Ida's composition...

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Lists of geological features of the Solar System

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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 List of geological...

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List of craters in the Solar System

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satellites. All geological features of a body (including craters) are typically named after a specific theme. For completeness, the list also refers to...

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Lists of astronomical objects

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List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun List of Solar System objects by size Lists of geological features of the Solar System List of natural...

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Planetary nomenclature

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system of uniquely identifying features on the surface of a planet or natural satellite so that the features can be easily located, described, and discussed...

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Ore resources on Mars

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abundance of volcanic features together with widespread cratering are strong evidence for a variety of ores. While nothing may be found on Mars that would...

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List of Solar System objects by size

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This article includes a list of the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius. These...

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Natural satellite

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

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Astronomical naming conventions

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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,...

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Galileo project

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

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List of Solar System probes

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solar probes, and probes to asteroids and comets, but excludes lunar missions, which are listed separately at List of lunar probes and List of Apollo missions...

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Asteroid

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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 asteroids...

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Timeline of Solar System astronomy

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heading to Jupiter. Mission member Ann Harch discovers its natural satellite Dactyl in images returned by the spacecraft, the first asteroid moon discovered...

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