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433 Eros: Images
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Left: The newly renamed NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft captured this oblique view of the large central crater on minor planet 433 Eros. Boulders can be seen in several of the craters. The view has a resolution of about 20 meters (65 feet). Courtesy Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Click on image for larger view.
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The Multispectral Imager (MSI), one of the primary instruments on the NEAR spacecraft, will determine the overall size, shape and spin characteristics of 433 Eros and map the morphology and composition of the surface. The imager will ... be used for optical navigation and to search for satellites of Eros. Images taken during approach, flyby, and orbit of Eros will detect surface features as small as 3 meters in size. The 7-color capability of the instrument will complement the near-infrared and X-ray/Gamma-ray spectrometers (NIS and XGRS) in extrapolating variations in surface composition down to these small spatial scales. MSI data will be critical to understanding the surface processes, composition and compositional variation, and geologic history of Eros.
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The last image of 433 Eros sent back from NEAR Shoemaker before it landed. The image was taken from an altitude of only 120 meters (390 feet). The boulder at the top is about 4 meters (12 feet) across
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This data set contains the Mark Robinson Digital Image Map (DIM) productsfor asteroid 433 Eros, based on optical data from the NEAR MSI instrument. The current version of this data set comprises the following DIM files:
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Four images have been mosaicked together to produce this view of 433 Eros. A boulder the size of a house can be seen on the floor of the large (6 km) crater.
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