NEAR image of the day for 2000 Oct 26 (A)

Eros Up REALLY Close

This image was taken in the early hours of October 26, 2000, during NEAR Shoemaker's low-altitude flyover of Eros. Taken while the spacecraft's digital camera was looking at a spot 10 kilometers (6 miles) away, the picture covers a region about 350 meters (1,150 feet) across. Many rocks of all sizes and shapes litter the scene. Locally, fine debris or regolith buries the rocks. The large boulder at the center right of the image is about 25 meters (82 feet) across.

(Image 0147952603)

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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.