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Moon (Dactyl) Discoved Orbiting Asteroid Ida

Dot.Sig writes "Here is a picture and short description of an asteroid with its own moon." Taken by galileo during it's trip to jupiter. Sort of like those pics you take out the car window.... Here is the requisite NASA Press Release. Who names these thing, anyway? Not the first asteroid to be found to have a moon, but interesting regardless.

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