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Click to enlargeFinal Eros (f) Photo

February 12, 2001
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Last, Closest Image of Eros

This is the last image of asteroid 433 Eros received from NEAR Shoemaker. Taken from a range of 120 meters (394 feet), it measures 6 meters (20 feet) across. What we can see of the rock at the top of image measures 4 meters (12 feet) across. The streaky lines at the bottom indicate loss of signal as the spacecraft touched down on the asteroid during transmission of this image.

Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory


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