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PIA03140: Boulderado
Boulderado
Target Name: Eros
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: NEAR
Spacecraft: NEAR Shoemaker
Instrument: Multi-Spectral Imager
Product Size: 1235 samples x 1037 lines
Produced By: Johns Hopkins University/APL
Addition Date: 2001-02-17
Primary Data Set: NEAR Home Page
Full-Res TIFF: PIA03140.tif (988 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA03140.jpg (146.8 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
One of the most recognizable surface features on Eros is the boulder-filled, concave depression at the southwestern edge of the saddle-shaped Himeros. When it was first glimpsed early in NEAR Shoemaker's orbital mission the area was informally tagged "Boulderado."
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL

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