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Mars Sample Return
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Germinal layer
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Granular
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Crystal growth
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Ceres
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Main cryogenic stage
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Hamiltonian
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Gibberellins
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Glucagon
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Marine energy
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Buccal
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CA
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Trap
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Osmosis
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Coordination bond
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Frequency
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Contraception
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Tropopause
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Ectropion
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Coeliac disease
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Deviation of the nasal septum
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Somite
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Fishing reserve
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Cryosphere
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Cambrian explosion
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Brain
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Dermatologist
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Anorexia
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Urban heat island
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Chapping
Eros
Eros is an asteroid 33 km long and 13 km wide. Its mass is estimated to be 6.7 million billion tonnes and its density 2.7 g/cm3. It rotates in 5 hours 16 minutes.
Eros was the scientific target of the NEAR-Shoemaker mission. The NEAR probe arrived close to Eros on 12 February 2000 and put itself in orbit around it.
One of the first images of Eros by the NEAR-Shoemaker probe a few moments after putting itself in orbit around the asteroid on 14 February 2000.
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