UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Question
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Yes, Cleopatra actually has two moons orbiting it.
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Yes, asteroids are as large as small planets so naturally they have moons.
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No, asteroids do not provide enough gravitational pull to retain a moon.
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We are not sure yet.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Yes, asteroids can have moons! Some of the larger asteroids in our Solar System actually do have moons. In 1993, an tiny moon called Dactyl was discovered orbiting the large asteroid Ida. Dactyl is only about 1 mile wide, while Ida is about 19 miles across.
Detailed explanation-2: -In theory, impacts could create quite a few moons, including much smaller ones than those we’ve detected so far. “Knowing that astronomers already discovered a satellite with rings, I would say that there is no fundamental limits of the number of moons you may find, ‘’ Berdeu says.
Detailed explanation-3: -An asteroid discovered in the 19th century has just been identified as the most crowded we’ve ever found. It’s called 130 Elektra, or just Elektra for short, and astronomers have just discovered that it has not one, nor two, but three smaller satellite companions, or moons.
Detailed explanation-4: -If a planet or asteroid is orbiting the Sun, the planet or asteroid can have a satellite if the satellite is close enough that the planet’s or asteroid’s gravity influences it more than the Sun’s gravity.