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Eros asteroid A false-colour close-up of the asteroid Eros shows dust and fragments of rocky debris inside a large crater. The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft took the image from about 50 km (30 miles) above the asteroid's surface. The regolith of the redder areas has been chemically altered by small impacts and exposure to the solar wind, whereas the regolith of the bluer areas has been less “weathered.”

Eros: References & Edit History

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Primary Contributors

  • Edward F. Tedesco
    Research Associate Professor, Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 06, 2023
Article revised and updated. Sep 12, 2016
Add new Web site: NASA - Solar System Exploration - 433 Eros. Sep 07, 2016
Added new Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 08, 2006
Article revised. Jun 16, 2005
Article revised. Nov 24, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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