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243 Ida and Dactyl
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243 Ida with its moon Dactyl were discovered by the Galileo probe in 1993. 243 Ida is an example of an asteroid with an asteroid moon. The origin of asteroid moons is not currently known with certainty, and a variety of possibilities exist. A widely accepted theory is that asteroid moons are formed from debris knocked off of the primary asteroid by an impact.
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