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On February 14, 2000 at 10:33 AM EST the NEAR spacecraft was successfully inserted into orbit around 433 Eros, becoming the first artificial satellite of an asteroid. ... NEAR was launched on February 17, 1996 as the first of NASA's Discovery missions to rendezvous with asteroid 433 Eros. During the journey to Eros,
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www.solarviews.com/eng/eros.htm
www.solarviews.com/eng/eros.htm
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NEAR - First spacecraft to orbit an asteroid, to answer fundamental questions about the nature and origin of near-Earth objects, such as the numerous ...
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NEAR Orbit Around Asteroid 433 Eros ... More information on asteroid 433 Eros; Asteroid Fact Sheet; NSSDC Asteroid Home Page; ... [NEAR images of asteroid Eros]
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nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mission/near/near_eros.ht...
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mission/near/near_eros.html
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Near-Earth Asteroid 433 Eros (Adapted from the NEAR Press Kit) The target of the NEAR mission is 433 Eros, the first- discovered near-Earth asteroid (NEA) and the second-largest.
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nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/text/eros.txt
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/text/eros.txt
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At a press conference on February 17, 2000, mission scientists for the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission exuded the air of kids in a candy shop as they discussed the latest results from asteroid Eros.
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nineplanets.org/eros.html
nineplanets.org/eros.html
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With this Toehold, I Will Climb a Mountain in Space ... The Eros Project finally proceeds into the United States District Court, District of Nevada. On November 6, 2003, Mr. Gregory W. Nemitz filed documents in Federal Court to demand a determination of his Rights in relation to his property claim for Asteroid 433, Eros.
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www.erosproject.com/
www.erosproject.com/
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Eros (asteroid), first asteroid found to travel mainly inside the orbit of Mars and the first to be orbited and landed on by a spacecraft. Eros was discovered in 1898 by the German astronomer Gustav Witt at the Urania Observatory in Berlin. ... Opposite hemispheres of the asteroid Eros,
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www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191801/Eros
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191801/Eros
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NASA's NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft landed on the asteroid 433 Eros, 145 million miles from Earth, on 12 February this year. ... After its four-year journey, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous space probe is approaching its destination -- the asteroid 433 Eros. This space rocket is commonly referred to as potato-shaped,
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www.lycos.com/info/433-eros--asteroid.html?page=2
www.lycos.com/info/433-eros--asteroid.html?page=2
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A large collection of news stories and images, from Space.com. ... Asteroid Landing Mission Could Be Extended; NASA is studying an option to continue operating the NEAR Shoemaker probe on asteroid Eros 433 for an extended period, beyond the February 14 cutoff date that had been planned earlier.
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www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/near_archive.htm...
www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/near_archive.html
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