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ID: 2061
NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros ('True' Color)
Visualizations by
Greg Shirah
Released on January 29, 2001
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.
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For More Information
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/eros/index.html
Visualization Credits
Greg Shirah
(NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Tom Bridgman
(GST): Animator
Marte Newcombe
(GST): Animator
David Smith
(NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Maria Zuber
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Science Paper:
Science 289, pp 2097-2101 (22 Sept 2000)
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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2061
Data Used:
NEAR/NLR
2000/02-2001/02
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This item is part of this series:
Eros
Keywords:
SVS >> Asteroid
SVS >> Eros
SVS >> Laser Rangefinder
DLESE >> Space science
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
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