No, its an asteroid but it has a moon called Dactyl
Dactyl
Yes, Ida, although it is an asteroid, has a moon called Dactyl
Dactyl is a moon of the asteroid Ida located in the asteroid belt.
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.
The asteroid with its own moon is named 243 Ida. Its moon is called Dactyl, discovered by the Galileo spacecraft in 1993.
Our moon is not in the asteroid belt. No planet's moon is in the asteroid belt or it would not be a moon.
Gaspra and Ida are two asteroids located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They are notable for being visited by spacecraft: Gaspra was visited by the Galileo spacecraft in 1991, and Ida was visited by the Galileo spacecraft in 1993, revealing a moon named Dactyl orbiting Ida.
Dactyl is an "egg shaped" moon measuring about 1.6 by 1.4 by 1.2 kilometres (0.99 mi × 0.87 mi × 0.75 mi)
no they do not have any orbiting moons!!!!
Yes. Afew asteroids have smaller asteroids orbiting them as moons. The best known case is the asteroid Ida and its moon Dactyl.
The address of the Ida Branch Library is: 3016 Lewis Avenue, Ida, 48140 0056
Ida Turay's birth name is Thurmayer, Ida.