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Asteroid Ida seen by Galileo spacecraft

author: Nasa/JPL/Novapix

reference: a-ast01-00025

Image Size 300 DPI: 17 * 18 cm

This view of the asteroid 243 Ida is a mosaic of five image frames acquired by the Galileo spacecraft's solid-state imaging system at ranges of 3,057 to 3,821 kilometers (1,900 to 2,375 miles) on August 28, 1993. Ida is the second asteroid ever encountered by a spacecraft. It appears to be about 52 kilometers (32 miles) in length, more than twice as large as Gaspra, the first asteroid observed by Galileo in October 1991.

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1993 - ASTEROID - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - GALILEO - IDA - IMPACT CRATER -