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To illustrate, during the 1975 occultation of a star by the asteroid Eros "all sorts of people saw things," meaning secondary events or extra dimmings.
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Asteroid moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An asteroid that behaves something like a second Moon to Earth will make its closest approach to our planet next week before shuttling back into deep space for nearly a century. Moon-like Asteroid to Make Close Earth Approach By SPACE.com Staff posted: 07:00 am ET 03 January 2003...
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Thanks to an adaptive optics system on a Hawaiian telescope, astronomers have taken the first Earth-based images of a moon orbiting an asteroid. This image of asteroid 45 Eugenia and its moon is a composite of five pictures taken during five nights last November.
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The moon was formed from fragments of Earth after a collision with a giant asteroid relatively late in our planet's formation, new tests of moon rocks show. Computer models have shown that in this scenario 80 percent of the moon's material should have come from the asteroid, with only 20 percent from Earth.
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Explanation: Eugenia is an asteroid with a moon! This animation was constructed from infrared discovery images of the Eugenia-moon system taken in November 1998 using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). Main belt asteroid Eugenia, Only one other asteroid-moon system is known. Dactyl, moon of the asteroid Ida,
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Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon Credit: Galileo Project, JPL, NASA Explanation: This asteroid has a moon! The robot spacecraft Galileo currently exploring the Jovian system, encountered and photographed two asteroids during its long journey to Jupiter.
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Yes, asteroids can have moons! Some of the larger asteroids in our solar system actually do have moons. In 1993, an tiny moon called Dactyl was discovered orbiting the large asteroid Ida. In 1999 an 8 mile wide moon called Petit-Prince was discovered orbiting the 135 mile wide asteroid Eugenia.
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asteroid satellites This listing of other reported/postulated asteroid/TNO companions is incomplete. In some cases, subsequent analysis and/or observations have refuted the existence of a companion.
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Class I - Asteroid--Moon Planetary bodies of this class can be found in any of a star's zones. They are usually found in orbit of larger planets or in asteriod fields.
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