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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on August 25, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows Ares Vallis, one of the larger channels on Mars. It is located near several other large channels that appear to empty into Chryse Planitia.
PIA06830:
Ares Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-23 Phoebe Cassini-Huygens
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These set of images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft were created during the Phoebe flyby on June 11, 2004.
PIA06400:
Phoebe's Mineral Distribution
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a cluster of impact craters and large, light-toned, windblown ripples occurring in many of the depressions in this portion of the Amenthes Fossae region of Mars.
PIA06326:
Amenthes Crater Cluster
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-12 Phoebe Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows early images returned from the first detailed reconnaissance of Saturn's small outer moon, Phoebe.
PIA06066:
Battered Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Sedna Samuel Oschin Telescope
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This image shows the location of the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed 'Sedna,' in relation to the rest of the solar system in 2004.
PIA05565:
Sedna Orbit Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Sedna Samuel Oschin Telescope
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These four panels show the location of the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed 'Sedna,' which lies in the farthest reaches of our solar system.
PIA05569:
Sedna Orbit Comparisons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-08 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05020:
Gullies in Galle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-12-18 Spitzer Space Telescope
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured an image of an unusual comet that experiences frequent outbursts, which produce abrupt changes in brightness.
PIA04943:
Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann I
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-12-18 Spitzer Space Telescope
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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has obtained the first infrared images of the dust disc surrounding Fomalhaut, the 18th brightest star in the sky.
PIA04942:
Circumstellar Disk Around Fomalhaut
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-12-18 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This archival image from 2003 captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, an elongated dark globule within the emission nebula IC 1396 in the constellation of Cepheus.
PIA04935:
Multi-Wavelength Views of Protostars in IC 1396
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-12-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04930:
Clouds Near Mie Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04886:
Crater Cluster Near Pathfinder
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-10-31 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04838:
Isidis Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-09-05 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Hellas Planitia on Mars, the floor of a giant basin that originally formed by the impact of a large comet or asteroid.
PIA04723:
Hellas Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-07-02 Borrelly Deep Space 1 (DS1)
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NASA's New Millennium Deep Space 1 spacecraft approaching the comet 19P/Borrelly.
PIA04604:
Deep Space 1 Using its Ion Engine (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-21 Deep Space 1 (DS1)
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Deep Space 1 is lifted from its work platform, giving a closeup view of the experimental solar-powered ion propulsion engine.
PIA04232:
Deep Space 1's Ion Engine
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-05 Annefrank Stardust
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False colors emphasize the variations in surface brightness on asteroid Annefrank, as seen in an image taken by NASA's Stardust spacecraft during a Nov. 2, 2002 flyby of the asteroid.
PIA02886:
Annefrank Near Closest Approach
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-05 Annefrank Stardust
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Asteroid Annefrank is seen as irregularly shaped, cratered body in this image taken by NASA's Stardust spacecraft during a Nov 2, 2002 flyby of the asteroid.
PIA02885:
Stardust Image of Asteroid Annefrank
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The eastern rim of this unnamed crater in Claritas Fossae is very degraded, as seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey, indicating that it's very ancient and has been subjected to erosion and bombardment from impactors such as asteroids and comets.
PIA03833:
Claritas Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The eastern rim of this unnamed crater in Southern Arabia Terra, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey, is very degraded, indicating that it's an ancient crater that's been subjected to erosion and bombardment from impactors such as asteroids and comets.
PIA03788:
Degraded Crater Rim
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft captures two channels (Nirgal Vallis is the smaller sinuous channel on the left and Uzboi Vallis is the larger channel located in the lower right) and Luki Crater located in the upper right.
PIA03765:
Uzboi Vallis, Nirgal Vallis, and Luki Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, shows a cratered highland region called Arabia Terra. The center right side of the image shows a branch of the valley network Naktong Vallis cutting into the eastern rim of an unnamed crater.
PIA03762:
Naktong Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-04-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows examples of what Mars looks like in late northern summer, which is also late southern winter. At this time of year, the south polar cap is very large.
PIA03755:
Global Views of Mars in late Northern Summer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-12-05 Earth Terra
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Lake Manicouagan in northern Quebec, Canada, as seen by NASA's Terra satellite on June 1, 2001, during Terra orbit 7737.
PIA03434:
Manicouagan Impact Structure, Quebec
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-21 Earth Terra
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This image was acquired on May 5, 2000 during NASA's Terra orbit 2026. The location of the town of Armagh in Northern Ireland is marked.
PIA02649:
An Irish Tale: One City, Two Asteroids
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid 433 Eros, was the last received from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker. Streaky lines at the bottom indicate loss of signal as the spacecraft touched down on the asteroid during transmission of this image.
PIA03148:
Final Eros Images: Last, Closest Image of Eros
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid 433 Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows a cluster of rocks at the upper right measuring 1.4 meters (5 feet) across.
PIA03147:
Final Eros Images: Range 250 meters (820 feet)
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This image of asteroid 433 Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows a large, oblong rock casting a big shadow measures 7.4 meters (24 feet) across.
PIA03146:
Final Eros Images: Range 700 meters (2,300 feet)
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This image of asteroid 433 Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows a large rock at lower left on the surface.
PIA03145:
Final Eros Images: Range 1,150 meters (3,773 feet)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This plot shows NEAR Shoemaker's projected path from orbit to the surface of Eros on Feb. 12, 2001, providing the highest-resolution images ever taken of Eros' boulder-strewn, cratered terrain.
PIA03142:
NEAR Shoemaker's Path
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of peanut-shaped asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Nov. 30, 2000, shows the cratered terrain south of where the spacecraft touched down on February 12, 2001.
PIA03141:
The Environs of NEAR Shoemaker's Landing Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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These images of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Oct. 16, 2001, show surface materials darkened and reddened by solar wind and micrometeorite impacts appearing pale brown; fresher materials on steep slopes appear in bright whites or blues.
PIA03139:
The Subtle Colors of Eros
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Dec. 3, 2000, shows an overview of the eastern part of the asteroid's southern hemisphere. The conspicuous depression just above the center of the frame is the saddle-shaped feature Himeros.
PIA03137:
A Southern Hemisphere Overview
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Jan. 25, 2001, shows a surface nearly devoid of obvious craters and instead dominated by small boulders.
PIA03136:
Lowest Altitude Diversity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Jan. 14, 2001, shows boulders littering the landscape. The surface is dominated by a blanket of regolith -- a layer of unconsolidated rocky material covering bedrock.
PIA03135:
Regolith
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Dec. 18, 2000, shows part of the asteroid's surface, like many others, appears vaguely 'sculptured' due to its low, elongated ridges and depressions with seemingly consistent orientations.
PIA03129:
Mysterious Surface Details
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Dec. 15, 2000, shows a small cratered region only about 1.1 kilometers (0.7 miles) across.
PIA03128:
The Home Stretch Begins
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This image of asteroid Eros taken on Nov. 24, 2000, by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows the shadowed high terrain east of the saddle.
PIA03124:
An Unusual Perspective
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 Multi-Spectral Imager
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This image of asteroid Eros taken on Nov. 18, 2000, by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows the southern part of Eros' western hemisphere. The curvature of this part of Eros makes the asteroid look like a bent peanut.
PIA03123:
The Big Valley
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 Multi-Spectral Imager
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This image of asteroid Eros taken on Nov. 17, 2000, by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows the southern hemisphere, at the eastern edge of the saddle region which is covered in boulders and patches of bright surface material.
PIA03122:
Now and Then
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
 Multi-Spectral Imager
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This image of asteroid Eros taken on Sept. 10, 2000, by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows a feature known as Psyche, the largest crater on Eros. Its smaller sister craters align its rim and create a paw-like appearance.
PIA03121:
A Look at Psyche
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This simple cylindrical projection of an image mosaic of asteroid Eros is labeled with proposed names for most of the larger features on the asteroid. The theme of the names is famous lovers from history and fiction, taken from different cultures.
PIA03117:
Eros Map and Place Names
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Oct. 7, 2000, shows a feature track aimed at the inside of Eros' saddle region.
PIA03115:
Tracking a Feature on Eros
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Sept.26, 2000, shows a broad, curved depression that stretches vertically across the image is an area of the asteroid.
PIA03114:
The South Saddle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image shows the first model of asteroid Eros' shape. An accurate model of Eros' shape helps the NEAR Shoemaker team determine the asteroid's key properties.
PIA03113:
The Shape of Eros
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These four image mosaics of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker, illustrate the reference system the NEAR team uses to locate points on the asteroid's surface. The prime meridian is drawn though a large, bright crater at one end of Eros.
PIA03112:
A Road map for Eros
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Sept.21, 2000, shows a map of 'gravitational topography' painted onto a shape model. Red areas are 'uphill' and blue areas are 'downhill.'
PIA03111:
The Ups and Downs of Eros
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Sept.21, 2000, shows a ridge that trends from upper left to lower right is among the older features on Eros, as evidenced by the large number of superimposed impact craters.
PIA03110:
An Ancient Ridge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Sept. 5, 2000, shows knobs sticking out of the surface near the top of the image surround a boulder-strewn area, robably remnants of ancient impact craters.
PIA03109:
A Hint of Structure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-17 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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These images of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker, show shalllow troughs in the saddle, a chain of pits, ridges, fractures, and grooves.
PIA03108:
The Many Faces of Eros
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Sept. 9, 2000, shows Eros' saddle, and curving around at upper right is the large bright-and-dark groove.
PIA03107:
Under the Saddle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-01-31 Himalia Cassini-Huygens
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These images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show Himalia, the brightest of Jupiter's outer moons.
PIA02881:
Himalia, a Small Moon of Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-01 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Newton Crater, a large basin on Mars formed by an asteroid impact that probably occurred more than 3 billion years ago.
PIA02824:
Evidence for Recent Liquid Water on Mars: Channeled Aprons in a Small Crater within Newton Crater
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 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This image acquired on August 7, 1998 by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows ejecta from a nameless crater on the martian surface.
PIA01330:
Fluidized Crater Ejecta Deposit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-25 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on July 22, 2000, shows three craters, each about 600 meters (2000 feet) in diameter, aligned horizontally in this view across the bottom of the frame.
PIA02967:
Here's Looking at You
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-24 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Aug. 10, 2000, shows a view over an ancient, crater-battered hill into a valley where craters have been obliterated by resurfacing.
PIA02965:
A Different World, Just Over the Hill
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on July 22, 2000, shows the relatively gentle topography of the area really lies on a steep cliff.
PIA02959:
Vertigo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on July 23, 2000, shows that impact excavated a huge gouge, and caused some of the excavated material to form a thin cover on parts of Eros.
PIA02958:
The Impact of Cratering
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on July 12, 2000, shows the irregularity of the tiny little world. Looking down the length of the asteroid, one sees near, middle, and far horizons.
PIA02954:
Shapes Galore
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This 'shape model' helps the team of NASA's NEAR Shoemaker analyze images and other types of data. By 'filling' the shape model with material about Eros' average density, one can calculate the strength and direction of gravity at any point on the surface.
PIA02955:
The Shape of Eros
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This image of asteroid Eros (at left), taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on July 6, 2000, is displayed next to and at approximately the same scale as Meteor Crater, Arizona.
PIA02953:
Common Craters (Earth and Eros)
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on July 7, 2000, shows many craters on Eros' surface attesting to its battering by meteors - mostly debris ejected from other asteroids.
PIA02952:
The Battering and Debris
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on July 8, 2000, shows a variety of differently shaped boulders. Some are nearly round, whereas others are elongated or even blade-shaped.
PIA02951:
Eros: Closest View Yet! (36 km altitude)
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This false-color image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on June 14, 2000, shows redder hues as rock and regolith, altered chemically by exposure to solar wind and small impacts. Bluer hues are fresher, less-altered rock and regolith.
PIA02950:
The Color of Regolith
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-07-10 Europa Galileo
 Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color image reveals the scar of a past major impact of a comet or small asteroid on Europa's surface. A city-sized impact crater was viewed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA02561:
Europa Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-07-06 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on June 19, 2000, shows the southwestern wall of the saddle containing bands of bright regolith.
PIA02931:
Zebra Saddle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-07-06 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on June 17, 2000, shows the saddle, a large indentation in the asteroid's peanut-like shape. On Eros, the blanketing layer would be regolith.
PIA02930:
A Streaky Plain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-07-06 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on June 20, 2000, shows a stunning aspect of the bent asteroid's peanut-like shape. The far side looms like an enormous wall beyond a near horizon.
PIA02928:
The Wall
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-06-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor of Newton Crater, a large basin formed by an asteroid impact that probably occurred on Mars more than 3 billion years ago.
PIA01039:
Evidence for Recent Liquid Water on Mars: Channeled Aprons in a Small Crater within Newton Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-06-18 Eros NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on April 13, 2000, shows large craters in the north polar region; part of the ridge that wraps one-third of the way around Eros; western part of the saddle; a dense field of enormous boulders.
PIA02926:
A Swath of Eros
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on June 6, 2000, shows a view from the edge of the large, 5.3-kilometer (3.3-mile) diameter crater, looking into its depths.
PIA02925:
Inside Eros' Large Crater
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Feb. 29, 2000, shows the north polar region highlighting the major physiographic features of the northern hemisphere; the saddle seen at the bottom.
PIA02923:
Mosaic of Eros' Northern Hemisphere
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on March 31, 2000, shows the north polar region. he wandering, curved shapes of the lines are caused by the highly nonspherical and irregular asteroid shape.
PIA02922:
Eros' Latitude and Longitude Grid
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This color image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Apr. 2, 2000, shows the eastern side of the saddle.
PIA02921:
Color View of the Saddle
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on May 20, 2000, shows a long ridge that wraps around most of the asteroid's northern hemisphere. The large number of superimposed craters indicates that the ridge is a relatively old feature.
PIA02913:
The Ridge at Sunrise
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on May 18, 2000, shows a view of a horizon sculpted by worn, degraded craters and punctuated by jagged boulders.
PIA02912:
Pretty Sharp
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on May 16, 2000, shows brightness patterns at high spatial resolution. Brighter materials are several percent more reflective than their surroundings.
PIA02911:
Rock Bands
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on May 15, 2000, shows mottled brightness patterns as small as 30 meters (98 feet) across evident near the horizon.
PIA02910:
Over the Edge
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on May 11, 2000, shows the rounded nature of the landforms resulting from formation of small impact craters over the eons.
PIA02909:
Looking Down
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on May 5, 2000, shows the 'saddle,' an indentation in the asteroid's peanut-like shape.
PIA02908:
The Saddle Wall
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on May 2, 2000, shows a view toward Eros' horizon with variations in the brightness of material on the walls of the craters; and a scattering of boulders.
PIA02906:
Horizon View
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This image taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Apr. 17, 2000, shows the rocky, ridged, and rounded surface of asteroid Eros.
PIA02903:
A Smorgasbord of Landforms
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This pair of images taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Apr. 18, 2000, shows the dissimilarity of two different regions of the asteroid Eros. At left, a region typical of Eros, at right, the inside of the saddle which has far fewer craters.
PIA02902:
The Signs of the Times
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on April 17, 2000, shows shadows highlighting small-scale surface features. The surface is pockmarked with craters.
PIA02901:
Eros Up Close
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on March 22, 2000, shows the saddle region, a low ridge connecting two mountains.
PIA02900:
Back in the Saddle Again
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on March 19, 2000, shows the asteroid's north pole in the upper right of the frame.
PIA02498:
Eros'North Pole
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This image of asteroid Eros, taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on March 6, 2000, shows craters with a variety of shapes and sizes.
PIA02497:
Eros' Aging Craters
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This image from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows asteroids Mathilde (left) and Eros (right) at the same scale.
PIA02494:
Two Very Different Asteroids
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Asteroid Eros' irregular shape gives rise to some stunning vistas at the time of sunrise or sunset as seen in this image from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker.
PIA02493:
Sunset on Eros
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This image from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows the bright material on the wall of the large crater on asteroid Eros.
PIA02492:
Eros Color at Higher Resolution
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This image from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows the shaded interior of the 'saddle' on asteroid Eros looking over the north polar region to the limb.
PIA02491:
Eros Surface Morphology
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This image from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows the north polar region of asteroid Eros is heavily cratered but the region to the left (part of the 'saddle') has a lower crater density.
PIA02490:
Eros' North Polar Region
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This image from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows a heart-shaped depression on asteroid Eros on left image, but right image reveals that the mysterious heart-shaped feature is actually 3 separate craters.
PIA02488:
A Trio of Craters on Eros
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This image from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows asteroid Eros' saddle and a shadowed feature to its left, taken on March 3, 2000 from a distance of 127 miles. A shadowed feature that consists of three large craters are situated adjacent to each other.
PIA02487:
Glimpses into Eros' Shadows
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This image from NASA's NEAR Shoemaker shows an oblique view of Eros' large central crater. Brightness or albedo patterns on the walls of this crater are evident as are boulders inside this crater and the smaller nearby craters.
PIA02484:
Oblique View of Eros' Crater
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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.
PIA02483:
Cratered Terrain on Eros
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This image of asteroid Eros was taken by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on Feb 29, 2000. Many parts of the asteroid have 'grooves,' linear troughs about 330 feet wide and several miles long.
PIA02480:
The Sculptured Surface of Eros
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the eastern third of an impact crater located in Acidalia Planitia on Mars featuring the walls, raised rim, and ejecta material thrown out of the crater during this blast.
PIA02093:
Detail of an Impact Crater, Acidalia Planitia
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Two different views of asteroid 253 Mathilde were obtained by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft on June 27, 1997. Only a few of the prominent ridges on Mathilde are illuminated.
PIA02479:
Two Views of Mathilde
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-07 Mathilde NEAR Shoemaker
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This image of asteroid 253 Mathilde was returned by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft in 1997. Raised crater rims suggest that some of the material ejected from these craters traveled only short distances before falling back to the surface.
PIA02478:
Abundance of Very Large Impact Craters on Mathilde
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