NEAR image of the day for 2001 Feb 07
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The Environs of NEAR Shoemaker's Landing Site This image mosaic of Eros' southern hemisphere, taken by NEAR Shoemaker on November 30, 2000, offers a long-distance look at the cratered terrain south of where the spacecraft will touch down on February 12, 2001. In this view, south is to the top and the landing site itself is just into the shadows, slightly left of center. The length of the asteroid is 33 kilometers (21 miles).
(Mosaic of images 0151025658, 0151025720, 0151025782, 0151025844, 0151025906, 0151025968, 0151026030, 0151026092, 0151026154, 0151026216, 0151026278, 0151026340)
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Built and managed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, NEAR-Shoemaker was the first spacecraft launched in NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, small-scale planetary missions. See the NEAR web site for more details. Feedback to Scott Murchie. Scott.Murchie@jhuapl.edu.