NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope)
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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.
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A rotating view of the asteroid Eros, where the colors represent the gravity slope measured by NEAR. This version has grid lines every 15 degrees.
Duration: 1.2 minutes
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Bottom
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 0
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 1
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 2
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 3
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 4
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 5
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 6
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 7
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS ISO
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False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Top
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Color bar for gravity slope images. Blue correspoinds to 0 degree slope, red is 35 degree slope.
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| Animation Number: | 2060 |
| Animators: | Greg Shirah (SVS) (Lead) |
| | Tom Bridgman (SVS) |
| | Marte Newcombe (SVS) |
| Completed: | 2001-01-29 |
| Scientists: | David Smith (NASA/GSFC) |
| | Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| Instrument: | NEAR/NLR |
| Data Collected: | 2000/02-2001/02 |
| Series: | Eros |
| Video: | SVS2001-0004 * |
Keywords:
SVS
>> Asteroid
SVS
>> Eros
SVS
>> HDTV
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>> Laser Rangefinder
DLESE
>> Space science
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More Information on this topic available at:
stories/eros/index.html
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This work has been visible on
Computer Graphics World April 2001 pp. 76 |
| Science paper: | Science 289, pp 2097-2101 (22 Sept 2000) |
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Please give credit for this item to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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