433 Eros
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433 Eros is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object. It has an elongated shape and a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8 kilomet
Eros – colorised composite image of the north polar region, with the craters Psyche above and Himeros below. The long ridge Hinks Dorsum, believed to be a thrust fault, can be seen snaking diagonally between them. The smaller crater in the foreground is Narcissus. Watters, (2011)
Size comparison of Vesta, Ceres and Eros
View from one end of Eros across the gouge on its side towards the opposite end
First mosaic image of Eros taken from an orbiting spacecraft
Amor asteroid
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The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the archetype object 1221 Amor. The orbital perihelion of these objects is close to, but greater than, the orbital aphelion of Earth,
433 Eros
…433 Eros is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object. It has an elongated shape and a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8…
Common orbital subgroups of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)