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PIA02483: Cratered Terrain on Eros
This image from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows a cratered region of Eros located at the end of the elongated asteroid. A few of the craters show brightness (albedo) patterns on their walls.
 Target Name:  Eros
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  NEAR Shoemaker 
 Spacecraft:  NEAR Shoemaker
 Instrument:  Multi-Spectral Imager 
 Product Size:  480 x 480 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Johns Hopkins University/APL 
 Addition Date:  2000-06-10 
 Primary Data Set:  NEAR Home Page 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02483.tif (89.28 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02483.jpg (16.82 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This mosaic of 2 images, showing a cratered region of Eros located at the end of the elongated asteroid, was taken at a resolution of about 21 meters (69 feet) per pixel. A few of the craters show brightness (albedo) patterns on their walls, where the top portions of the walls are brighter than the surrounding terrain. The floors and lower portions of the walls of these craters have patches that appear darker than the surrounding terrain. A few boulders are also visible in this region. Some shallow, subdued troughs can also be seen trending vertically down the lower part of the asteroid.

Built and managed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, NEAR was the first spacecraft launched in NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, small-scale planetary missions. See the NEAR web page at http://near.jhuapl.edu/ for more details.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL

Image Addition Date:
2000-06-10