[meteorite-list] NEAR Shoemaker Image Of The Day - December 11, 2000

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:33 2004
Message-ID: <200012112056.MAA24720_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

                   NEAR image of the day for 2000 Dec 11

                   http://near.jhuapl.edu/iod/20001211/

                                Dimpled Eros

          NEAR Shoemaker photographed the region southeast of the
          large crater Psyche on December 8, 2000, from 179
          kilometers (111 miles) above Eros. This end of the
          asteroid features a large pair of craters that form a
          prominent "dimple" -- an easy-to-spot landmark that
          provides a clear reference point on the surface. The
          picture covers a region about 6.6 kilometers (4.1 miles)
          across.
          --------------------------------------------------------
          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 (http://near.jhuapl.edu) .
Received on Mon 11 Dec 2000 03:56:24 PM PST