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No. An asteroid can get captured by an asteroid and become a moon, but not the moon. Our moon is too large to be considered an asteroid.
The first confirmed case of an asteroid orbiting another asteroid is the asteroid Ida which is orbited by a smaller asteroid orbiting it called Dactyl; other asteroid moons have been found since.
Our moon is not in the asteroid belt. No planet's moon is in the asteroid belt or it would not be a moon.
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No. The moon does not have any asteroids orbiting it. While it is theoretically possible for such an orbit to develop, the moon's close proximity to Earth means that any orbit around the moon would probably not be stable for long.
No, its an asteroid but it has a moon called Dactyl
Dactyl is a moon of the asteroid Ida located in the asteroid belt.
The asteroid with its own moon is named 243 Ida. Its moon is called Dactyl, discovered by the Galileo spacecraft in 1993.
Theory suggests that it is a remnant of a large asteroid that struck the Earth
No. The moon is large enough that even a collision with the solar system's largest asteroid would not destroy it.
It was in February 2012 about a year before its close approach to Earth in February 2013.
It isn't a moon; 90 Antiope is a double asteroid.