Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Astrophoto: Near-Earth Asteroid Eros by Efrain Morales

Astrophoto: Near-Earth Asteroid Eros by Efrain Morales:

Astrophoto: Near-Earth Asteroid Eros by Efrain Morales

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

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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