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433 Eros is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object. It has an elongated shape and a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8 kilometers (10.4 miles).
The mission's primary goal was to study the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros from orbit for approximately one year. Eros is an S-type asteroid approximately 13 × 13 × 33 km in size, the second largest near-Earth asteroid. Initially, the orbit was circular with a radius of 200 km.
This is a list of named geological features on asteroid 433 Eros. Regions. Regions (geologically distinct areas) ...
The Amor asteroid 433 Eros was the first asteroid to be orbited and landed upon by a robotic space probe ... Amor asteroid Eros visited by NEAR Shoemaker in 2000.
Witt discovered two asteroids, most notably 433 Eros, the first asteroid with a male name, and the first known near-Earth object. [3] [4] His first minor planet discovery was the main-belt asteroid 422 Berolina, that bears the Latin name of his adoptive city. [5]
Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of what was thought to be an asteroid was soon deleted.
In the Sagamihara and Muses-Sea regions of asteroid 25143 Itokawa, dust ponds were identified by Japanese probe Hayabusa. Dust particles here are finer than that of 433 Eros with size varying from millimeters to less than a centimeter. Asteroid Itokawa photographed by the Hayabusa probe. We can see a smooth patch of dust in the middle, the ...
First asteroid discovered by means of astrophotography rather than visual observation 433 Eros: 13×13×33: August 13, 1898: First near-Earth asteroid discovered and the second largest; first asteroid to be detected by radar; first asteroid orbited and landed upon 482 Petrina: 23.3: March 3, 1902: First asteroid named after dog 490 Veritas: 115 ...