Detail View: NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection: Looking Along the Southern Hemisphere of Eros
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Title:
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Looking Along the Southern Hemisphere of Eros
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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The camera on NEAR Shoemaker caught this long view of Eros' southern hemisphere during a stereo imaging sequence on September 6, 2000, from an orbital altitude of 101 kilometers (63 miles). This view adds context to high-resolution images taken from lower orbits with "footprints" only one-fourth to one-third the size. Craters shown in the left foreground of the image are about 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles) across. Built and managed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, NEAR was the first spacecraft launched in NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, small-scale planetary missions. See the NEAR web page at http://near.jhuapl.edu for more details.
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Addition Date:
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2001-02-17
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Produced By:
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Johns Hopkins University/APL
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Mission:
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NEAR
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Spacecraft:
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NEAR Shoemaker
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Target Name:
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Eros
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
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Instrument:
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Multi-Spectral Imager
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Product Size:
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472 samples x 372 lines
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Primary Data Set:
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NEAR Home Page
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facet_what:
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Eros (asteroid)
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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facet_when:
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September 6, 2000
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facet_when_year:
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2000
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Image #:
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PIA03105
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03105
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original url:
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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03105
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