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Ida and her assistant

The object seen in the image is the well-known Ida asteroid, 56 kilometers long. What nobody expected is to be a satellite. The image shows this satellite to the right.

The object seen in the image is the well-known Ida asteroid, 56 kilometers long. What nobody expected is to be a satellite. In the image it looks to the right and has a diameter of 1.5 kilometers. 1993-243-I is the first satellite discovered to asteroids. Image taken by the Galileo probe towards its Jupiter on August 28.