Near-Earth Asteroid Eros by Efrain Morales

by dianne on February 15, 2012

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Astrophoto: Near-Earth Asteroid Eros by Efrain Morales

Near-Earth Asteroid Eros. Image Credit: Efrain Morales. Click on the image to see animation.

Efrain Morales captured this image of four sequences of the NEA Eros (Asteroid) from the night of February 1, 2012.

Eros, also known as 433 Eros, is the second-largest near-Earth asteroid. The orbit of asteroid Eros is known to cross that of Mars. It was visited by the NEAR-Shoemaker space probe twice in 1998 and 2000.

Check out Efrain’s website for more photos.

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  • Anonymous

    Once I clicked on the image I saw the four frames play back.

    • anjew

      thanks for pointing that out…. i was looking at the picture going huh? hehe

  • http://www.factsaboutearth.org/ jean John

    I am sorry, I can’t find the said asteroid in the picture. Can you please help me to find that asteroid or put a circle line in the said asteroid?

    Facts About Earth

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