Asteroid 243 Ida (IMAGE)

Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon

Asteroid 243 Ida

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Image of asteroid 243 Ida, taken by the Galileo spacecraft. Despite being about ten times larger than asteroid 32599 Pedromachado, 243 Ida is also found in the Asteroid Belt.

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NASA/JPLV

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