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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 ... An outer Earth-grazer asteroid is an asteroid that is normally beyond ...
First asteroid with non-Classical and non-Latinized name: 64 Angelina (in honor of a research station) First asteroid with a non-feminine name: 139 Juewa (ambiguous) or 141 Lumen. First asteroid with a non-feminized man's name: 433 Eros. Lowest-numbered unnamed asteroid (As of 2021): (4596) 1981 QB
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.
The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday. Called a "mini-moon" of sorts by some, ...
Himeros, also nicknamed The Saddle, [4] is a large impact crater on the asteroid Eros.It is centered at roughly 21.20°N, 77.7°E, on Eros's eastern "hemisphere." The crater is named after Himeros of Greek mythology, one of seven Erotes, attendant to Eros, and the personification of the longing for love.