When he was fifteen years old, he left his native mountains and Ida, his nursery, delighted to wander in unknown lands, and gaze at unknown rivers, his enthusiasm making light of travel.
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Ida
/ˈaɪdə/
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4 entriesAnatolian IdaCretan Idabasal primateearly primate
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6 entriesAnatolian IdaCrete IdaIda fossilIda specimenMount Idagiven name Ida
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Ida was the second asteroid to be observed close-up by a spacecraft, when the Space Probe Galileo took pictures as it flew by on Aug 28, 1993. These pictures showed not only that Ida has a cratered surface, but also that it has a small moon, called Dactyl, which is about 1.6 x 1.2 km in diameter and orbiting 90 km away from the asteroid.
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Ida's moon, Dactyl, is probably made from pieces that broke off Ida during an impact.
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Now over Ida shone the day-star bright; / Greeks swarmed at every entrance; help at hand / seemed none. I yield, and, hurrying from the fight, / take up my helpless sire, and climb the mountain height.
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