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Laser Rangefinder of Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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NEAR views the Asteroid Eros
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| Title |
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros ('true' color) |
| Abstract |
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. |
| Completed |
2001-01-29 |
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Asteroid Eros Reconstructed
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Asteroid Eros Reconstructed |
| Explanation |
Orbiting the Sun [ http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html ] between Mars [ http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/mars.htm ] and Earth [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-earth.html ], asteroid 433 Eros was visited by the robot spacecraft NEAR-Shoemaker [ http://near.jhuapl.edu/intro/faq.html ] in 2000 February. High-resolution surface measurements made by NEAR [ http://near.jhuapl.edu/NEAR/ ]'s Laser Rangefinder (NLR [ http://near.jhuapl.edu/instruments/NLR/index.html ]) have been combined into the above visualization [ http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/eros.html ] based on the derived 3D model [ http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/ eros.html#eros ] of the tumbling space rock [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000210.html ]. NEAR allowed scientists to discover that Eros [ http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/GSFC/SpaceSci/Near/eros.htm ] 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.nineplanets.org/overview.html ]. 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.nasa.gov/apod/ap010212.html ] onto the asteroid's surface [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000803.html ], surviving well enough [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010213.html ] to return an analysis of the composition [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010305.html ] of the surface regolith [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000829.html ]. Unless re-awakened by NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], NEAR will likely remain on the asteroid [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000327.html ] for billions of years as a monument to human ingenuity at the turn of the third millennium [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010101.html ]. |
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