pictures that should have made APOD

[ving (David)]

heres a truely great pic of a close up of a asteriod that should be in APOD in my opinion....
never seen anythinglike it!
(taken from astronomy.com from 'Hyabusa on Asteroid' story)
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/objects...yabusa_500.jpg

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Whoah! That's one big ugly rock!

[h0ughy (David)]

Looks like it's a crumbed potato! Doesn't look as though there is much holding all that together does there?

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Very interesting textural changes on it. It look like a lump of conglomerate. I wouldn't be surprised if that is exactly how it was composed. Excellent detail in the image.

[ving (David)]

from space.com
"Asteroid Ida has its own moon, Dactyl, on the right. Ida is about 35 miles (56 kilometers) across, compared to its moon, which is much smaller at a mile (1.6 kilometers) across."

there are aparently 2 asteriods known to have thier own moons... never thought about this before!
interesting
http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827..._idas_moon.jpg

[RB (Andrew)]

Amazing images David.
It's mind boggling what's out there and the variations to structure and shapes.

Thanks for the posts.