Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous

NEAR image of the day for 2001 Feb 12 (E)

Final Eros Images: Range 250 meters (820 Feet)

NEAR Shoemaker's image of asteroid 433 Eros taken from a range of 250 meters (820 feet). The image is 12 meters (39 feet) across. The cluster of rocks at the upper right measures 1.4 meters (5 feet) across.

(Image 0157417133)

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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.