Galileo image of Ida and Dactyl 18th June 2016 618 × 399 Asteroids Asteroid 243 Ida, with its small moon Dactyl, imaged by Gallileo in August 1993 (Credit: NASA/JPL) Asteroid 243 Ida, with its small moon Dactyl, imaged by Gallileo in August 1993 (Credit: NASA/JPL)