NEAR image of the day for 2000 Dec 14

Older Than the Hills

NEAR Shoemaker took this picture of Eros on December 9, 2000, from a 106-kilometer (65-mile) altitude. This part of the asteroid has several low, elongated hills, which in this view trend from upper right to lower left. The density of superimposed craters shows that these hills are among the older parts of Eros' surface. The picture covers a region about 4.7 kilometers (2.9 miles) across.

(Image 0151740318)

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