NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros ('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.
NEAR views the Asteroid Eros in True Color.
![True Color Eros Bottom True Color Eros Bottom](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros Bottom
![True Color Eros True Color Eros](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros
![True Color Eros Edge 1 True Color Eros Edge 1](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros Edge 1
![True Color Eros Edge 2 True Color Eros Edge 2](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros Edge 2
![True Color Eros Edge 3 True Color Eros Edge 3](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros Edge 3
![True Color Eros Edge 4 True Color Eros Edge 4](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros Edge 4
![True Color Eros Edge 5 True Color Eros Edge 5](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros Edge 5
![True Color Eros Edge 6 True Color Eros Edge 6](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros Edge 6
![True Color Eros Edge 7 True Color Eros Edge 7](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros Edge 7
![True Color Eros ISO True Color Eros ISO](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros ISO
![True Color Eros Top True Color Eros Top](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
True Color Eros Top
![Video slate image reads, "NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros with NLR ('True' Color)". Video slate image reads, "NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros with NLR ('True' Color)".](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
Video slate image reads, "NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros with NLR ('True' Color)".
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Marte Newcombe (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- David Smith (NASA/GSFC)
- Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, January 29, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT.
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Papers used in this visualization
Science 289, pp 2097-2101 (22 Sept 2000)
Science 289, pp 2097-2101 (22 Sept 2000)
Datasets used in this visualization
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[NEAR: NLR]
ID: 65
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