Feb 14 2000
From The Space Library
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft successfully orbited the asteroid Eros, 160 million miles (258 million kilometers) from Earth, gathering close-up images of the craggy rock, in the first successful orbit of a spacecraft around an asteroid. The unique images revealed large boulders and craters on Eros. Scientists noted with amusement that on the Valentine's Day encounter, NEAR obtained images of a heart-shaped chasm on Eros. NASA planned for NEAR to orbit Eros for about one year.
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