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Eros: Closest View Yet! (36 km altitude)
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Caption:
In NEAR Shoemaker's long-awaited close-up images of Eros, the asteroid's small-scale features are revealing their fascinating diversity. This picture, taken July 8, 2000, from an orbital altitude of 36 kilometers (22 miles), shows a variety of differently shaped boulders. Some are nearly round, whereas others are elongated or even blade-shaped. Such varied shapes might arise from differences in the strength and fracturing of preexisting rock. The whole scene is 1.4 kilometers (0.8 miles) across.
Background Info:
Built and managed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, NEAR was the first spacecraft launched in NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, small-scale planetary missions. See the NEAR web page at http://near.jhuapl.edu/ for more details.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | 433 Eros | |
| System | Near Earth Objects | |
| Target Type | Asteroid | |
| Mission | NEAR Shoemaker | |
| Instrument Host | NEAR Shoemaker | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | |
| Instrument | Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Grayscale | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2000-08-05 | |
| Date in Caption | 2000-07-08 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL/JHUAPL | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02951 | |
| Identifier | PIA02951 | |
