PIA18177: NASA's NEAR Spacecraft's Rendezvous with Asteroid Eros (Artist's Concept)
Artist's rendering of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft's rendezvous with the asteroid Eros.
 Target Name:  Eros
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  NEAR 
 Product Size:  4396 x 3335 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  NASA 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA18177.tif (44.01 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA18177.jpg (1.423 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Artist's rendering of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft's rendezvous with the asteroid Eros.

Image Credit:
NASA

Image Addition Date:
1996-01-02