astronomers' interpretations that Ida is a rubble pile asteroid. ListofgeologicalfeaturesonIdaandDactyl "Pola Regio". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature...
range ofgeologicalfeatures. The discovery ofIda's moon Dactyl, the first confirmed satellite of an asteroid, provided additional insights into Ida's composition...
satellites. All geologicalfeaturesof a body (including craters) are typically named after a specific theme. For completeness, the list also refers to...
List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun Listof Solar System objects by size Lists ofgeologicalfeaturesof the Solar System Listof natural...
system of uniquely identifying featureson the surface of a planet or natural satellite so that the features can be easily located, described, and discussed...
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...
This article includes a listof the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius. These...
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...
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,...
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...
solar probes, and probes to asteroids and comets, but excludes lunar missions, which are listed separately at Listof lunar probes andListof Apollo missions...
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...
heading to Jupiter. Mission member Ann Harch discovers its natural satellite Dactyl in images returned by the spacecraft, the first asteroid moon discovered...