NEAR image of the day for 2000 Dec 12
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Multiple Horizons NEAR Shoemaker took this picture looking across the saddle region of Eros on December 9, 2000, from an 80-kilometer (49-mile) altitude. The curvatures shown in the foreground and background are the eastern and western edges of the saddle, respectively. The high, bouldery area between is the broad ridge that separates the main eastern and western parts of the composite depression. The picture covers a region about 2.2 kilometers (1.4 miles) across.
(Image 0151814926)
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Built and managed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, NEAR-Shoemaker was the first spacecraft launched in NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, small-scale planetary missions. See the NEAR web site for more details. Feedback to Scott Murchie. Scott.Murchie@jhuapl.edu.