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View of asteroid 243 Ida taken about 3-1/2 minutes before the Galileo spacecraft made its closest approach to the asteroid. 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. Ida is an irregularly shaped asteroid placed by scientists in the S class (believed to be like stony or stony iron meteorites). It is a member of the Koronis family, presumed fragments left from the breakup of a precursor asteroid in a catastrophic collision. Multi-frame mosaic. Galileo, August 28, 1993
View of asteroid 243 Ida taken about 3-1/2 minutes before the Galileo spacecraft made its closest approach to the asteroid. 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. Ida is an irregularly shaped asteroid placed by scientists in the S class (believed to be like stony or stony iron meteorites). It is a member of the Koronis family, presumed fragments left from the breakup of a precursor asteroid in a catastrophic collision. Multi-frame mosaic. Galileo, August 28, 1993
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