From Eros with love


Last image of asteroid Eros
 
The last image of asteroid 433 Eros received from NEAR Shoemaker. Taken from a height of 120 metres, the image captures an area measuring 6 metres across. What can be seen of the rock at the top of image measures 4 metres across. The streaky lines at the bottom indicate loss of signal as the spacecraft touched down on the asteroid during transmission of this image. (Image NASA/JHUAPL)

Eros
 
NEAR Shoemaker's image of asteroid 433 Eros taken from a range of 700 metres. The image is 33 metres across. The large, oblong rock casting a big shadow measures 7.4 metres across. (Image: NASA/JHUAPL, 12 February 2001)



Release date: 2 July 2002