... 2000 March 8 . Nearer To Asteroid Eros . Credit: NEAR Project , JHU APL , NASA . ... Explanation: As the robot spacecraft NEAR lowers itself toward asteroid 433 Eros , more surface details are becoming visible. ...
... 2011 June 19 . The Regolith of Asteroid Eros . Credit: NEAR Project , JHU APL , NASA . ... Explanation: From fifty kilometers above asteroid Eros , the surface inside one of its largest craters appears covered with an ...
... 2001 June 5 . Asteroid Eros Reconstructed . Credit : NEAR Project , NLR , JHUAPL , Goddard SVS , NASA . ... Explanation: Orbiting the Sun between Mars and Earth , asteroid 433 Eros was visited by the robot spacecraft NEAR-Shoemaker in ...
... 2015 April 21 . Vesta Trek: A Digital Model of Asteroid Vesta . Image Credit: NASA , JPL , LMMP , SSERVI , USGS , DLR . ... Image Credit: NASA , JPL , LMMP , SSERVI , USGS , DLR . Explanation: You can explore asteroid Vesta. ...
... 2005 December 28 . Smooth Sections on Asteroid Itokawa . Credit Copyright: ISAS , JAXA . ... Credit Copyright: ISAS , JAXA . Explanation: Why are parts of this asteroid's surface so smooth? ...
... 2000 April 17 . Flying Over Asteroid Eros' West End . Credit: NEAR Project , JHU APL , NASA . ... Credit: NEAR Project , JHU APL , NASA . Explanation: The robot spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker continues to orbit asteroid Eros. ...
... 2011 November 28 . A Landslide on Asteroid Vesta . Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , UCLA , MPS, DLR, IDA . ... Explanation: Asteroid Vesta is home to some of the most impressive cliffs in the Solar System. ...
... 2006 August 21 . Ceres: Asteroid or Planet? . Credit: NASA , ESA , J. Parker ( SwRI ) et al. ... Ceres: Asteroid or Planet? . Credit: NASA , ESA , J. Parker ( SwRI ) et al. Explanation: Is Ceres an asteroid or a planet? ...
... 2000 March 27 . Flying Over Asteroid Eros . Credit: NEAR Shoemaker Project , JHU APL , NASA . ... Credit: NEAR Shoemaker Project , JHU APL , NASA . Explanation: What would it look like to fly over an asteroid? ...
... 2000 May 10 . Dog-Bone Shaped Asteroid 216 Kleopatra . Credit: Stephen Ostro et al. ... Explanation: An asteroid the size of New Jersey that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter has been discovered to have an ...