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2001/02/17 Final Eros Images: Last, Closest Image of Eros - This is the last image of asteroid 433 Eros received from NEAR Shoemaker. Taken from a range of 120 meters (394 feet), it measures 6 meters (20 feet) across. What we can see of the rock at the to
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2000/08/05 The Shape of Eros - Looking at a few pictures of Eros under the right lighting conditions gives a reasonable idea of the shape of the asteroid, but analysis of NEAR Shoemaker data requires a very accurate digital model of Eros∾
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2001/02/17 The Shape of Eros - NEAR Shoemaker images provided the first model of Eros´ shape, shown in this picture. An accurate model of Eros´ shape helps the NEAR team determine the asteroid´s key properties. The total space enclosed b
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2001/02/17 Closing in on Eros - These four images are among thousands NEAR Shoemaker acquired during several low-altitude passes over Eros from January 25-28, 2001. From upper left to lower right, the images show Eros´ bouldery surface at increasing
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Hermes with petasus, talaria and caduceus: Mercury fastening his sandals, by François Rude, (Musée du Louvre)
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2000/05/07 Eros details enhanced by computer processing - The NEAR camera´s ability to show details of Eros´s surface is limited by the spacecraft´s distance from the asteroid. That is, the closer the spacecraft is to the surface, the mo
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2000/06/10 Eros´ Aging Craters - Eros´ many craters have a range of ages dating back to the last time the asteroid´s surface was "wiped clean" by geologic processes. This NEAR Shoemaker image of the tip of the asteroid, taken M
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2000/06/10 Inside Eros´ Large Crater - NEAR Shoemaker continues to take pictures of Eros under different lighting conditions and at better spatial resolution. This approach maximizes the amount of recognizable detail in the surface, while placing th
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2001/02/17 Eros´ Angular Eastern End - NEAR Shoemaker captured this view of Eros´ eastern hemisphere on September 9, 2000, from an orbital altitude of about 100 kilometers (62 miles). The spacecraft is in a high enough orbit to "see"
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2001/02/17 The Many Faces of Eros - This montage shows structural features on Eros obtained by NEAR Shoemaker from several different orbits. Any underlying, deep-seated structures probably formed as a result of large impacts to the asteroid´s surfac
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2000/05/07 Eros in stereo - Stereo imaging will be an important tool on NEAR for geologic analysis of Eros, because it provides three-dimensional information on the asteroid´s landforms and structures. This anaglyph can be viewed using red-blue glas
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2000/06/10 Mosaic of Eros´ Northern Hemisphere - NEAR Shoemaker obtains the best views of subtle details in Eros´ landforms when the spacecraft´s imager looks straight down at the surface, and the Sun illuminates the surface at a very lo
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2000/05/07 Eros´ Eastern and Western Hemispheres - On February 23, 2000, the NEAR spacecraft obtained a sequence of image mosaics showing Eros´ surface as the asteroid rotated under the spacecraft. At that time the range to the surface was app
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2001/02/17 The Ups and Downs of Eros - While NEAR Shoemaker does not directly measure gravity on Eros´ surface, the spacecraft gathers other data that allow scientists to infer this measurement. Radio tracking has been analyzed to determine the aste
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2001/02/17 A Changing Picture of Eros - As NEAR Shoemaker has descended to lower orbits around Eros and returned higher spatial resolution pictures, knowledge of surface landforms has grown dramatically. The effect of changing spatial resolution can be il
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Danaë with Eros, 1544. by Tizian This painting shows the youthful figure of Eros alongside Danaë. 120 cm × 172 cm. National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples
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2000/05/07 Inside Eros´ Giant Gouge - 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 sh
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2000/06/10 Mosaic of Eros´ Northern Hemisphere - While NEAR Shoemaker orbits Eros, the asteroid appears too large for the camera´s field of view. In order to get a complete view of the surface from a particular vantage point, several images ar
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2000/05/07 Eros´ Global Morphology - On 12 February, 2000, the NEAR spacecraft obtained a sequence of 780 images of Eros from a range of about 1800 km (1100 miles). This sequence covered one complete revolution of the asteroid at 0.5 degree interval
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2000/06/10 Glimpses into Eros´ Shadows - This image mosaic, showing Eros´ saddle and a shadowed feature to its left, was taken on March 3, 2000 from a distance of 204 kilometers (127 miles). In this picture features as small as 20 meters (65 f
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2000/06/10 Eros´North Pole - For much of the past five weeks, imaging activities on the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft have focused on the high northern latitudes of Eros. The point at which the Sun is directly overhead - known as the "subsolar poin
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2000/06/18 A Swath of Eros - NEAR Shoemaker´s scientific observations of Eros focus on different priorities as the spacecraft descends into lower orbits. For example, during the 100-kilometer (62-mile)orbit from April 11 - 22, 2000, the camera´
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2001/02/17 Tracking a Feature on Eros - One of the strategies for characterizing the small-scale surface features on Eros is to photograph the same features under different lighting. Pictures taken with the Sun high in the sky show variations in the brigh
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2000/05/07 NEAR Approach to Eros - Approximately one day after its first rendezvous burn, NEAR imaged Eros every 15 degrees of rotation over a period of about 5.8 hrs. At this time the distance between the asteroid and spacecraft was approximately 4638 mi
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2000/05/07 NEAR Road to Eros - This montage shows a selection of images of the asteroid 433 Eros that were acquired from the NEAR spacecraft over three weeks from January 22 through February 12, 2000, as the spacecraft´s distance from its target shr
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2000/06/10 Sunset on Eros - Eros´ irregular shape gives rise to some stunning vistas at the time of sunrise or sunset. On March 6, 2000, the imager on the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft caught this view of a stunning sunset. In the pitch black foreground
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2001/02/17 Looking Along the Southern Hemisphere of Eros - The camera on NEAR Shoemaker caught this long view of Eros´ southern hemisphere during a stereo imaging sequence on September 6, 2000, from an orbital altitude of 101 kilometers (63 miles).
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2001/02/17 A Road map for Eros - These four image mosaics of Eros illustrate the reference system the NEAR team uses to locate points on the asteroid´s surface. Choosing from a variety of systems, the team members use latitude and longitude as their
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2001/02/17 Eros at Closest Approach - This image was taken in the early hours of October 26, 2000, near the closest approach of NEAR Shoemaker´s low-altitude flyover of Eros. At that time, the spacecraft´s digital camera was looking at a regio
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2001/02/17 Eros´ Battered Surface - NEAR Shoemaker captured this image of Eros on November 28, 2000, while taking a color flyover movie from 193 kilometers (120 miles) away. This particular view simultaneously shows several key indicators of the bat
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