Photo Agency - Astronomy - Space - Nature

> Surface of asteroid Eros seen by NEAR spacecraft

Surface of asteroid Eros seen by NEAR spacecraft

author: Nasa/JHU/APL/Novapix

reference: a-ast02-00060

Image Size 300 DPI: 4 * 3 cm

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 top of image measures 4 meters (12 feet) across. The streaky lines at the bottom indicate loss of signal as the spacecraft touched down on the asteroid during transmission of this image.

Keywords for this photo:

2001 - ASTEROID - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - EROS - IMPACT - NEAR - ROCK - SOIL -