... Astronomy Picture of the Day . NEAR to Asteroid Eros . << Yesterday . 28.12.1998 . Tomorrow >> . ... Credit: NEAR Spacecraft Team , JHU APL , NASA Explanation: On December 23, the NEAR spacecraft flew by asteroid 433 Eros . ...
... Asteroids are rare enough so that spacecraft traveling through even the main asteroid belt need not fear colliding with any - let alone one as large as Mathilde . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Regolith of Asteroid Eros . << Yesterday . 29.08.2000 . Tomorrow >> . ... Explanation: From fifty kilometers above asteroid Eros, the surface inside one of its largest craters appears covered with an ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Asteroids in the Distance . << Yesterday . 23.06.2002 . Tomorrow >> . ... A collision with a massive asteroid , over 1 km across, is more rare , occurring typically millions of years apart, but could ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Past of Asteroid Eros . << Yesterday . 9.10.2001 . Tomorrow >> . ... Credit: NEAR Project , JHU APL , NASA Explanation: How did large rocks come to be scattered on the surface of asteroid Eros? ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Nearer To Asteroid Eros . << Yesterday . 8.03.2000 . Tomorrow >> . ... Explanation: As the robot spacecraft NEAR lowers itself toward asteroid 433 Eros , more surface details are becoming visible ...
... Earlier this month, ESA's robotic Rosetta spacecraft zipped past the asteroid 21 Lutetia taking data and snapping images in an effort to better determine the history of the asteroid and the origin of its unusual colors . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Touchdown Site on Asteroid Eros . << Yesterday . 6.02.2001 . Tomorrow >> . ... JHU APL , NASA Explanation: The first controlled descent of a spacecraft onto an asteroid is scheduled to occur next week ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face . << Yesterday . 20.10.1995 . Tomorrow >> . ... JPL Explanation: Above is the best yet color image of the asteroid Gaspra based on data returned by NASA's Galileo spacecraft ...