So if moons orbit around planets.....then what the heck is orbiting around Pluto????

[Roy_Mac]

<strong><font size="2">Moonoids?????&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lunoids????&nbsp;</font></strong>

 

[centsworth_II]

<p>If asteroids can have moons, why not Pluto?</p><p><font size="4" color="#0000ff">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asteroid_moons&nbsp;</font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Boris_Badenov]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Moonoids?????&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lunoids????&nbsp; <br />Posted by Roy_Mac</DIV></p><p><font size="2">Satellitoids? <br />http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Forums/#<br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/15/0d3815ff-b9b5-4e8e-9fce-934185d0c023.Medium.gif" alt="" /><br /><br /></font><br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>

 

[qso1]

<p><font color="#800080">Moonoids?????&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lunoids???? Posted by Roy_Mac</font></p><p>How bout a Charonoid?&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[qso1]

<p><font color="#800080">Satellitoids? Posted by boris1961</font></p><p>Or maybe satelloids.&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[willpittenger]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Satellitoids? Posted by boris1961Or maybe satelloids.</p><p>Posted by qso1</DIV><br />A famous example of an asteroid with a moon (or perhaps "moonlet") is Ida with Dactyl. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>

 

[qso1]

I remember those. I looked at the link to see if I was right about the Galileo spacecraft imaging them. It turned out I was right but I'd forgotten how long its been since that image was captured...fifteen years! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[willpittenger]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I remember those. I looked at the link to see if I was right about the Galileo spacecraft imaging them. It turned out I was right but I'd forgotten how long its been since that image was captured...fifteen years!</p><p>Posted by qso1</DIV><br />Ironically, Dactyl's orbit isn't known all that well due to the trajectory through Ida's system that Galileo took.&nbsp; That was mentioned in the Dactyl article at Wikipedia I gave.</p><p>BTW: Pluto isn't just any Dwarf Planet anymore.&nbsp; It's officially a "plutiod."&nbsp; Where do we find "earthoids?" </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>

 

[3488]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'><font color="#ff0000">Ironically, Dactyl's orbit isn't known all that well due to the trajectory through Ida's system that Galileo took.&nbsp; That was mentioned in the Dactyl article at Wikipedia I gave.BTW: Pluto isn't just any Dwarf Planet anymore.&nbsp; It's officially a "plutiod."&nbsp; Where do we find "earthoids?" <br />Posted by willpittenger</font></DIV></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Hi willpittenger. </strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Apparently the orbit of Dactyl has since been determined around 243 Ida. 243 Ida was observed by the HST, post the Galileo encounter, as the HST could see Dactyl (not easy, but was within reach), provided Dactyl ventured more then 200 KM IIRC from 243 Ida in an elliptical orbit.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>In order for this to happen 243 Ida would have to be a low density rubble pile asteroid. </strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>However tracking of the Galileo spacecraft & the failure of the HST to observe Dactyl, points to Dactyl orbiting 243 Ida, once every 27 hours @ an average distance of 95 KM & that 243 Ida is mostly solid, not a rubble pile underneath the cratered regolith.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>243 Ida rotates retrograde (Sun rises in the west & sets in the east) about once every 4 hours & 38 minutes & Dactly likely orbits in the same direction & keeps the same face turned towards 243 Ida.</strong></font></p><p><strong><font size="2">243 Ida & Dactly on the right.</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/7/e8879c86-1411-412b-b715-9d9c791444b6.Medium.gif" alt="" /></p><p><font size="2" color="#000000"><strong>A good view of 1.4 KM wide Dactyl (243 Ida's moon)&nbsp;below. The 'large' crater on the terminator is about 300 metres across. If Dactyl's orbital motion & rotation shares 243 Ida's retrograde rotation, then we are looking at the afternoon / evening side of Dactyl here.</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/12/d69b6d17-a757-4ec3-8c74-f8a5f55fea9a.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">Andrew Brown.</font></strong></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[Anglocowboy]

I call them Pulturds! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "Make like Siamese twins and split... and then one of you die." </div>