A montage of images from the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft's descent onto asteroid 433 Eros on February 12, 2001. The images show the asteroid's surface at decreasing altitudes, revealing details like fractured boulders, craters, and a collapsed channel. The final image, at 128 meters, is expanded to show features only centimeters across.

Astronomy Picture from 24/08/2001

NEAR at Eros: Before Touchdown

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010824.html


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