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Eros, in Stereo

Target Name:  Asteroid Eros
Spacecraft:  NEAR
Produced by:  NASA/JHU-APL
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Date Released: 18 February 2000

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Stereo imaging will be an important tool on NEAR for geologic analysis of Eros, because it provides three-dimensional information on the asteroid's landforms and structures. This anaglyph can be viewed using red-blue glasses to show Eros in stereo. It was constructed from images taken on February 14 and 15 that showed the same part of Eros from two slightly different viewing perspectives. The smallest feature visible is 100 feet (30 meters) across. For this image the spacecraft position was not optimum for stereo, but it will improve over the next few days allowing better 3-D views.

(Constructed from images 0125971425, 0125971487, 0125990409, 0125990473.)

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