Untitled

Scientists use lasers to create a 3-D model of asteroid Eros.

This model of Eros was created using millions of data points collected by NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft while in orbit around the asteroid.

Eros is pitted with over 100,000 craters, the result of billions of years of impacts.

The large crater at the center, named Psyche, is three miles in diameter.

Eros' largest crater, Himeros (top), is six miles in diameter. It’s so big that its sides caved in, leaving behind a saddle-shaped depression.

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Marte Newcombe (GST)
- Tom Bridgman (GST)
Writer
- Kerry Klein (USRA) [Lead]
Scientists
- Andrew Cheng (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
- David Smith (NASA/GSFC)
- Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros ('True' Color)
Jan. 29th, 2001
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros in True Color. True Color Eros Bottom True Color Eros True Color Eros Edge 1 True Color Eros Edge 2 True Color Eros Edge 3 True Color Eros Edge 4 True Color Eros Edge 5 True Color Eros Edge 6 True Color Eros Edge 7 True Color Eros ISO True Color Eros Top Video slate image reads, "NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros with NLR ('True' Color)". Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. The 3-D model was generated from laser rangefinder data and the color was applied based on color images. For More InformationSee [http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/eros/index.html](http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/eros/index.html) Related pages
Read more