File:Rendezvous with Eros.jpg

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English: This image, taken by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR Shoemaker) mission in 2000, shows a close-up view of Eros, an asteroid with an orbit that takes it somewhat close to Earth. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope observed Eros and dozens of other near-Earth asteroids as part of an ongoing survey to study their sizes and compositions using infrared light.
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Source http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3300-sig10-019-Rendezvous-with-Eros
Author NASA/JHUAPL

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2 September 2010

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