Asteroid family
Koronis family
A family of stony asteroids in the outer main belt, one of whose members, 243 Ida, was imaged by the Galileo spacecraft.
Asteroid familyTaxonomy: S-typeParent body: ida
Overview
A family of stony asteroids in the outer main belt, one of whose members, 243 Ida, was imaged by the Galileo spacecraft.
Members
1 modelled member.
A Koronis-family main-belt asteroid imaged by the Galileo spacecraft in 1993, which revealed its tiny moon Dactyl — the first confirmed asteroid moon.
CategoryMain beltTypeSilicaceous (S)Diameter≈ 60 × 25 × 19 kmDiscovered1884
Knowledge connections
- Family includesIda
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.