The slow rate of rotation may been accounted for by a satellite orbiting the asteroid , but a search of the NEAR images revealed none larger than NUMBER@1 km in diameter out to NUMBER@2 times the radius of NUMBER@3 Mathilde .

The slow rate of rotation may been accounted for by a moon orbiting the asteroid , but a search of the NEAR images revealed none bigger than NUMBER@1 km in diameter out to NUMBER@2 times the radius of NUMBER@3 Mathilde .
