PULL · 17 OCT 2025

This was
your sky.

Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon

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COSMIC MESSAGE

The Galileo spacecraft photographed asteroid 243 Ida and its moon, Dactyl, in 1993. Ida is about 60 kilometers long and 25 kilometers wide. Dactyl, the first moon ever discovered around an asteroid, is much smaller, only about 1.6 kilometers across, seen as a small dot to the right.

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Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
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Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 17 OCT 2025 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 OCT 2025.

THE ALMANAC FOR 17 OCT 2025
DAY
Friday
MOON
Waning crescent, 21% lit
POSITION
Day 290 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Orionid shower, peaks in 4 days