SATELLITES OF ASTEROIDS

More than 6000 asteroids in the Solar System have been discovered and numered, near 500 of them are investigated in details by different met hods. This rewiew contains observational evidence of fact that ho less than 10 % from them may consist of two or more bodies. This fact was confirmed by the discovery of asteroid's Ida satellite by space craft ''Galileo''. All this facts changes the observational and theoretical paradigms, Space and ground observations of asteroids with the help of modern teghniques may give new extensive data for creation of double asteroids model. The examination of asteroid satellites stability, ori gin and dynamics show that the sphere of stable motion of satellites r iches to some hundreds of asteroid radius. The suggestion is offered t hat the origin of asteroid satellites may be explained within the rang e of general accretion model of the planet satellites origin. The vali dity of this suggestion is discussed in detail.