Talk:243 Ida

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Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on March 7, 2009.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that images of 243 Ida (pictured) returned from the space probe Galileo, and processed on 17 February 1994, provided the first confirmation of a moon orbiting an asteroid?
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 28, 2017, August 28, 2018, August 28, 2020, and August 28, 2022.
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