Near-Earth object
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A near-Earth object is by definition any small Solar System body orbiting the Sun whose closest approach to the Sun is less than 1.3 times the Earth–Sun distance. This definition applies to the object
Eros PIA02923
The VLT images the very faint Near Earth Object 2009 FD
Comet Hartley 2
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
Near-Earth object
…astronomers found that the newly discovered comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle has the same orbit as the Leonids. The first near-Earth asteroid to be discovered was 433 Eros in 1898. The asteroid was subject to several extensive observation campaigns, primarily because measurements of its orbit enabled a precise determination…
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