#astronomy #GalileoMission #Astroid #Moon Explanation: This asteroid has a moon. The robot spacecraft Galileo on route to Jupiter in 1993 encountered and photographed two asteroids during its long interplanetary voyage. The second minor planet it photographed, 243 Ida, was unexpectedly discovered to have a moon.

Lovely video on the Galileo mission.

"NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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“Saving Galileo” is the story of how NASA’s Galileo mission - designed, built, and operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory - was kept alive despite a multitude of technical challenges. It is also the story of a tight-knit team of scientists and engineers who were forged by adversity into what many came to call a family."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aezcXjKYZkM

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Nice profile of Margaret Kivelson at the NYTimes, who lead a team that investigated the magnetic fields surrounding Jupiter and its moons.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/science/margaret-kivelson-europa.html