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Collection:
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Inside Eros' Giant Gouge
Title
Inside Eros' Giant Gouge
Title
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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This picture was taken from NEAR on February 15, 2000, while the spacecraft was passing directly over the large gouge that creates Eros's characteristic peanut shape. It is a mosaic of individual images showing features as small as 120 feet (35 meters) across. Although most of the asteroid is in shadow, we are able to see inside the gouge. Many narrow parallel troughs closely follow the shape of the gouge. Although they appear curvilinear from this view, they are most likely oriented parallel to the length of the asteroid. The strong lighting contrast along the terminator (the line separating day from night on Eros) makes it easy to see that most of the surface is saturated with impact craters. Inside the gouge, however, only smaller craters are present, indicating that the area within the gouge is younger than the surface along the terminator. This implies that the event that caused the gouge must have happened more recently than the formation of the rest of the surface of Eros. 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.…for more details.
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
This picture was taken from NEAR on February 15, 2000, while the spacecraft was passing directly over the large gouge that creates Eros's characteristic peanut shape. It is a mosaic of individual images showing features as small as 120 feet (35 meters) across. Although most of the asteroid is in shadow, we are able to see inside the gouge. Many narrow parallel troughs closely follow the shape of the gouge. Although they appear curvilinear from this view, they are most likely oriented parallel to the length of the asteroid. The strong lighting contrast along the terminator (the line separating day from night on Eros) makes it easy to see that most of the surface is saturated with impact craters. Inside the gouge, however, only smaller craters are present, indicating that the area within the gouge is younger than the surface along the terminator. This implies that the event that caused the gouge must have happened more recently than the formation of the rest of the surface of Eros. 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.…for more details. Original Caption Released with Image
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Addition Date:
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2000-05-07
Addition_Date
2000-05-07
Addition Date
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Produced By:
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Johns Hopkins University/APL
Produced_By
Johns Hopkins University/APL
Produced By
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Mission:
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NEAR
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Spacecraft:
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NEAR Shoemaker
Spacecraft
NEAR Shoemaker
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Eros
Target_Name
Eros
Target Name
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
Is_a_satellite_of
Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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Multi-Spectral Imager
Instrument
Multi-Spectral Imager
Instrument
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Product Size:
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512 samples x 345 lines
Product_Size
512 samples x 345 lines
Product Size
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Primary Data Set:
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NEAR Home Page
Primary_Data_Set
NEAR Home Page
Primary Data Set
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facet_what:
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Sun
facet_what
Sun
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Imager
facet_what
Imager
facet_what
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facet_what:
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NEAR Shoemaker
facet_what
NEAR Shoemaker
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Multi-Spectral Imager
facet_what
Multi-Spectral Imager
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Eros (asteroid)
facet_what
Eros (asteroid)
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Maryland
facet_where
Maryland
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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February 15, 2000
facet_when
February 15, 2000
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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2000
facet_when_year
2000
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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PIA02469
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02469
UID
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02469
UID
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orignial url:
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orignial_url
orignial url
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