Satellite
On February 22, 2000, astronomers at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, discovered a small, 15-km moon (roughly a 10th the size of the primary) orbiting Pulcova at a distance of 800 km. The satellite is about 4 magnitudes fainter than the primary. It was one of the first asteroid moons to be identified.
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