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Dactyl (/ˈdæktɪl/ DAK-til; formally (243) Ida I Dactyl) is a small asteroid moon 1,200 by 1,400 by 1,600 m (3,900 by 4,600 by 5,200 ft), in size) that...

Look up dactyl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dactyl may refer to: Dactyl (mythology), a legendary being Dactyl (poetry), a metrical unit of verse...

A dactyl (/ˈdæktɪl/; Greek: δάκτυλος, dáktylos, “finger”) is a foot in poetic meter. In quantitative verse, often used in Greek or Latin, a dactyl is a...

and ages. Ida's moon Dactyl was discovered by mission member Ann Harch in images returned from Galileo. It was named after the Dactyls, creatures which...

Doubtless, initiates must have known more. Dactyl, an asteroid moon of 243 Ida, named after the Dactyls. Ephesia Grammata Goetia Magic in the Graeco-Roman...

moonlets. Small asteroid moons (natural satellites of asteroids), such as Dactyl, have also been called moonlets. The upper limit is also vague. Two orbiting...

This is a list of named geological features on asteroid 243 Ida and its moon, Dactyl. Idaean regiones (geologically distinct areas) are named after the discoverer...

Wild 2 (comet) Toutatis (near-Earth asteroid) Methone (moon of Saturn) Hartley 2 (comet) Dactyl (moon of Ida) Ryugu (near-Earth asteroid) Dinkinesh (belt...

(1995). "Bulk density of asteroid 243 Ida from the orbit of its satellite Dactyl". Nature. 374 (6525): 785–788. Bibcode:1995Natur.374..785B. doi:10.1038/374785a0...

major planets. In 1993, the first asteroid moon was confirmed when the Galileo probe discovered the small Dactyl orbiting 243 Ida in the asteroid belt. The...

Σελήνη pronounced [selɛ̌ːnɛː] seh-LEH-neh, meaning "Moon") is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene (MEH-neh), she is traditionally...

There are a number of objects in the solar system that have been named after Italian people or places. Many of these are craters on the terrestrial planets...

parentheses. Thus, Dactyl, the moon of 243 Ida, was at first designated "S/1993 (243) 1". Once confirmed and named, it became (243) Ida I Dactyl. Similarly,...

the first asteroid moon to be discovered with a ground-based telescope. Previously, the only known moon of an asteroid was Dactyl, discovered by the Galileo...

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close-up was 951 Gaspra in 1991, followed in 1993 by 243 Ida and its moon Dactyl, all of which were imaged by the Galileo probe en route to Jupiter. Other...

Archimedes claims that forty poppy-seeds laid side by side would equal one Greek dactyl (finger-width) which was approximately 19 mm (3/4 inch) in length. Since...

first asteroid flyby, of 951 Gaspra, and discovered the first asteroid moon, Dactyl, around 243 Ida. In 1994, Galileo observed Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9's collision...

the whole globe Hall III, James A. (2015). Moons of the Solar System: from Giant Ganymede to Dainty Dactyl. Astronomers' Universe. Cham Heidelberg: Springer...

end i.e., "have regard for the end" or "consider the end"; part of the dactylic hexameter quidquid agis prudenter agas et respice finem (whatever you do...