Scientists are releasing highly detailed 3-D views of the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros. The images were not captured by a camera, but are the product of over 8 million observations from the NEAR La...
Scientists are releasing highly detailed 3-D views of the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros. The images were not captured by a camera, but are the product of over 8 million observations from the NEAR Laser Rangefinder (NLR). The NLR measures heights on Eros' surface by determining the time short pulses of laser light take to travel from the spacecraft to the asteroid and back. NEAR team members use this information to build detailed models of Eros' shape, which in turn help them understand the asteroid's collisional evolution and internal structure. The shape of Eros also provides a context for interpreting images and compositional information.
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lol... in wiki says that it will pass earth at about 70 times the distance between the earth and moon... the moon its musch larger than the asteroid and doesnt pose a threat... dont worry... it's predicted to cross the earth trajectory in 2 million years from now... you will be long dead
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look at the rates of declination for N.E.O's and you'll see.
pretty cool we landed a sattalite on this thing.
Where did you find this info on wikipedia?