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Asteroids

<< 6/12 < > Galileo image of asteroid 243 Ida taken 7 minutes before closest approach. A number of large craters are accentuated by the terminator. The visible portion of Ida is about 25 km from top to bottom. The image was taken through the clear filter from a distance of roughly 5600 km. (Galileo, 02025620.00)

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