Minor-planet moon Herculina does not have a significant satellite. There were other similar reports of asteroids having companions (usually referred to as satellites) in the following years. Also, a letter in "Sky & Telescope" magazine at this time pointed to apparently simultaneous impact craters on Earth (for example, the Clearwater Lakes in Quebec), suggesting that these craters were caused by pairs of gravitationally-bound objects. In 1993, the first asteroid moon was confirmed when the Galileo probe discovered the small Dactyl orbiting 243 Ida in the asteroid belt. The second was discovered around 45 Eugenia in 1998. In 2001, 617 Patroclus and its
The Mouse on the Moon The Mouse on the Moon The Mouse on the Moon is a 1963 British comedy film, the sequel to "The Mouse That Roared". It is an adaptation of the 1962 novel "The Mouse on the Moon" by Irish author Leonard Wibberley, and was directed by Richard Lester. In it, the people of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, a microstate in Europe, attempt space flight using wine as a propellant. It satirises the space race, Cold War and politics. Peter Sellers, who had played three roles in the first film, did not return for this sequel and was replaced by Margaret