Ida and Dactyl

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

09.18.2009

Courtesy Photo

NASA

Asteroid Ida and its moon Dactyl. Scientists found the moon - the first discovered orbiting and asteroid - when the Galileo spacecraft flew past Ida in 1994. *Image Credit*: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Identifier: SPD-SLRSY-887

• Date Taken: 09.18.2009
• Date Posted: 10.10.2012 16:13
• Photo ID: 707596
• Resolution: 1536x1138
• Size: 47.24 KB
• Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US