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    Eros (minor planet designation (433Eros) is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object. It has...
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  • asteroid 433 Eros. Regions (geologically distinct areas) on Eros are named after the co-discoverers of the asteroid. Dorsa (ridges) on Eros are named...
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  • Look up Eros or eros in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Eros is the Greek god of love. Eros may also refer to: Eros (comics), a superhero appearing in...
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    primary goal was to study the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros from orbit for approximately one year. Eros is an S-type asteroid approximately 13 × 13 × 33 km...
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    may also be given a name (e.g. 433 Eros). The formal naming convention uses parentheses around the number—e.g. (433Eros—but dropping the parentheses is...
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    "433 Eros (1898 DQ)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 July 2016. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(433) Eros". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (433) Eros...
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  • Leviathan Wakes (category 433 Eros)
    destruction of the Canterbury, he travels to Eros to meet Holden and the crew of the Rocinate. On Eros, Miller finds Holden's crew and helps them survive...
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    the First Near-Earth Asteroid (433) Eros". Acta Historica Astronomiae. 15: 210–220. Bibcode:2002AcHA...15..210S. "Eros comes on stage, finally a useful...
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  • Ender's Game (category 433 Eros)
    Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents...
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    Earth trojan (2010 TK7) Earth-crosser asteroids Earth's quasi-satellites 433 Eros Mars Deimos Phobos Mars trojans Mars-crossing minor planets Asteroids in...
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  • south pole of the Moon Shoemaker crater (433 Eros), a proposed name for an impact feature on the asteroid Eros, now formally named Charlois Regio Shoemaker...
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    orbit), with most Amors crossing the orbit of Mars. The Amor asteroid 433 Eros was the first asteroid to be orbited and landed upon by a robotic space...
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    Mythological, literary, and historical names of lovers Regiones Discoverers of Eros Dorsa Scientists who have contributed to the exploration and study of Eros...
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  • Asteroid (film) (category 433 Eros)
    then informed by McKee that Eros is, in fact, going to impact Earth. The United States military attempts to destroy Eros using special lasers mounted...
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    Mathilde Mars Pathfinder's view of Ares Vallis Animation of the rotation of 433 Eros. MESSENGER imaging Mercury's surface hollows at Sholem Aleichem. InSight...
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    (NMP) NEAR Shoemaker, launched February 1996, completed – close study of 433 Eros Deep Space 1 (DS1), launched October 1998, completed – first spacecraft...
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  • Captive Universe (category 433 Eros)
    years ago, "The Great Designer," an Earth dictator, converted the asteroid Eros into a generation starship, spinning along its axis for gravity, and sent...
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  • here are finer than that of 433 Eros with size varying from millimeters to less than a centimeter. Lunar horizon glow "Eros's puzzling surface". skyandtelescope...
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    grave which is in the centre. A crater was named in her honour on asteroid 433 Eros, along with another one after her husband. A crater on the planet Venus...
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    The final images taken by the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft of the surface of Eros are the best images of the regolith of an asteroid. The recent Japanese Hayabusa...
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  • United States Federal Court to determine the lawful owner of Asteroid 433 Eros. 433 Eros was claimed as property by Gregory W. Nemitz of Orbital Development...
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    light-curve analysis measured the rotation period of the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros during its 1903 opposition with great accuracy. Bailey was acting director...
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    in 1903.[failed verification] The discovery of the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros and its passage near Earth in 1900–1901 allowed a considerable improvement...
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    then NEAR imaged 253 Mathilde in 1997 and landed on near–Earth asteroid 433 Eros in February 2001. Cassini imaged 2685 Masursky in 2000, Stardust imaged...
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    flyby success flew within 1200 km of 253 Mathilde en route to 433 Eros 1996-008A 433 Eros NEAR Shoemaker NASA January 1999 orbiter failure became flyby...
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    Eugenia I Petit-Prince 121 Hermione I 283 Emma I 1313 Berna I 107 Camilla I 433 Eros 1313 Berna and many others < 10 95 moons 146 moons Sylvia II Remus Ida...
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    Eros, in the early 20th century. Mrs. Mary Collins, née Nash (wife of Samuel Collins) suggested that the sawmill boomtown be named after the 433 Eros...
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    defense objectives into several ongoing missions. In 1999, NASA visited 433 Eros with the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft which entered its orbit in 2000, closely...
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  • Nomenclature. Retrieved 15 September 2010. "Crater, craters: Tutanekai on Eros". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Retrieved 15 September 2010. "Rata...
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  • first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was the famous asteroid 433 Eros. Although it has an orbit similar to the Flora family asteroids, it appears...
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