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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...
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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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    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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  • 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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    "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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    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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    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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  • Leviathan Wakes (category 433 Eros)
    destruction of the Canterbury, he travels to Eros to meet Holden and the crew of the Rocinante. On Eros, Miller finds Holden's crew and helps them survive...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • Asteroid (film) (category 433 Eros)
    Jack is then informed by Lily that Eros is, in fact, going to impact Earth. The U.S. military attempts to destroy Eros using special lasers mounted on three...
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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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    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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    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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    (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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    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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    12 The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, a near-Earth object, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid...
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    explored by lander. Landers have explored several smaller bodies including 433 Eros (2001), 25143 Itokawa (2005), Tempel 1 (2005), 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko...
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    His first discovery was the asteroid 267 Tirza in 1887. He photographed 433 Eros on the very night of its discovery by Gustav Witt, but was not able to...
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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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    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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    not known, but plausible suggestions include 433 Eros and 8 Flora, or the Flora family as a whole. 433 Eros has been found to have a similar spectrum, while...
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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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  • 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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