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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection
Title:
Asteroid Eros Reconstructed Title Asteroid Eros Reconstructed Title
Explanation:
Orbiting the Sun [ http://www.nineplan…] between Mars [ http://pds.jpl.nasa…] and Earth [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…], asteroid 433 Eros was visited by the robot spacecraft NEAR-Shoemaker [ http://near.jhuapl.…] in 2000 February. High-resolution surface measurements made by NEAR [ http://near.jhuapl.…]'s Laser Rangefinder (NLR [ http://near.jhuapl.…]) have been combined into the above visualization [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…] based on the derived 3D model [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…eros.html#eros ] of the tumbling space rock [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. NEAR allowed scientists to discover that Eros [ http://www.gsfc.nas…] is a single solid body, that its composition is nearly uniform, and that it formed during the early years of our Solar System [ http://www.nineplan…]. Mysteries remain, however, including why some rocks on the surface have disintegrated. On 2001 February 12, the NEAR mission drew to a dramatic close as it was crash landed [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] onto the asteroid's surface [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], surviving well enough [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] to return an analysis of the composition [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the surface regolith [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Unless re-awakened by NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], NEAR will likely remain on the asteroid [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] for billions of years as a monument to human ingenuity at the turn of the third millennium [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Explanation Orbiting the Sun [ http://www.nineplan…] between Mars [ http://pds.jpl.nasa…] and Earth [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…], asteroid 433 Eros was visited by the robot spacecraft NEAR-Shoemaker [ http://near.jhuapl.…] in 2000 February. High-resolution surface measurements made by NEAR [ http://near.jhuapl.…]'s Laser Rangefinder (NLR [ http://near.jhuapl.…]) have been combined into the above visualization [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…] based on the derived 3D model [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…eros.html#eros ] of the tumbling space rock [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. NEAR allowed scientists to discover that Eros [ http://www.gsfc.nas…] is a single solid body, that its composition is nearly uniform, and that it formed during the early years of our Solar System [ http://www.nineplan…]. Mysteries remain, however, including why some rocks on the surface have disintegrated. On 2001 February 12, the NEAR mission drew to a dramatic close as it was crash landed [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] onto the asteroid's surface [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], surviving well enough [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] to return an analysis of the composition [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the surface regolith [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Unless re-awakened by NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], NEAR will likely remain on the asteroid [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] for billions of years as a monument to human ingenuity at the turn of the third millennium [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Explanation
Credit and Copyright:
NEAR Project [ http://near.jhuapl.…], NLR [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…], JHUAPL [ http://www.jhuapl.e…], Goddard SVS [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit_and_Copyright NEAR Project [ http://near.jhuapl.…], NLR [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…], JHUAPL [ http://www.jhuapl.e…], Goddard SVS [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit and Copyright
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original url:
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UID:
SPD-APOD-ap010605 UID SPD-APOD-ap010605 UID

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