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NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope)
Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope.

A rotating view of the asteroid Eros, where the colors represent the gravity slope measured by NEAR.    A rotating view of the asteroid Eros, where the colors represent the gravity slope measured by NEAR.

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Color bar for gravity slope images. Blue correspoinds to 0 degree slope, red is 35 degree slope.    Color bar for gravity slope images. Blue correspoinds to 0 degree slope, red is 35 degree slope.


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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Bottom    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Bottom

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 0    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 0

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 1    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 1

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 2    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 2

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 3    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 3

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 4    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 4

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 5    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 5

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 6    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 6

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 7    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 7

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS ISO    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS ISO

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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Top    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Top

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Video ID: SVS2001-0004 *
Animators: Greg Shirah
Tom Bridgman
Marte Newcombe
Studio: SVS
Date Completed: January 29, 2001
Duration: 2100 frames, 70.0 seconds
Scientist: David Smith (NASA/GSFC), Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Citation: Science 289, pp 2097-2101 (22 Sept 2000)
Instrument: NEAR/NLR
Keywords: Eros, Asteroid, Laser Rangefinder, HDTV
DLESESubject: Space science
Data Collected: 2000/02-2001/02
Story: stories/eros/index.html
Animation Series: Eros
AirChecks: Computer Graphics World April 2001 pp. 76



Please give credit for this visualization to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio


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