Asteroid Eros Reconstructed . ... Credit Copyright: 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 2000 February. High-resolution surface images and measurements made by NEAR 's Laser Rangefinder ( NLR ) have been combined into the above visualization based on the derived 3D model of the tumbling space rock . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day ...