Asteroid · 433

Eros

Orbited and landed on by NEAR

NEAR Shoemaker mapped Eros from orbit before making a controlled landing in 2001. The images show a long, irregular body covered with craters and boulders.

433 Eros · spacecraft or telescope observation
NEAR Shoemaker view of Eros. NASA/JPL · Image source ↗

Measurements

Effective diameter
16.84 km
Semimajor axis
1.458 AU
Orbital period
643.196 Earth days
Orbit, physical values and uncertainties
eccentricity
.2228779627700761 ± 9.3902E-9
semi-major axis
1.458243716760167 au ± 1.5185E-10
perihelion distance
1.133233327946397 au ± 1.3695E-8
inclination; angle with respect to x-y ecliptic plane
10.82854410314273 deg ± 1.158E-6
longitude of the ascending node
304.2679713350896 deg ± 3.5792E-6
argument of perihelion
178.9181319135911 deg ± 3.9825E-6
mean anomaly
62.51145501986792 deg ± 1.4849E-6
time of perihelion passage
2461088.813494039683 TDB ± 2.647E-6
sidereal orbital period
643.1963890927677 d ± 1.0047E-7
mean motion
.5597046347038453 deg/d ± 8.7425E-11
aphelion distance
1.783254105573937 au ± 1.8569E-10
absolute magnitude
10.40
magnitude slope
0.46
diameter
16.84 km ± 0.06
extent
34.4x11.2x11.2 km
GM
4.463e-04 km^3/s^2 ± 0.001e-04
bulk density
2.67 g/cm^3 ± 0.03
rotation period
5.27 h
pole direction
11.37/17.22 ± 0.05
geometric albedo
0.25 ± 0.06
B-V
0.921 ± 0.021
U-B
0.531 ± 0.027
Tholen spectral type
S
SMASSII spectral type
S

Published JPL orbital elements describe their stated epoch; they are not current positions. Small-body diameters can be effective/model-dependent sizes, not spherical shapes. Missing measurements remain unavailable. Pluto’s diameter uses the New Horizons reference rather than an empty SBDB field. Orbital epoch: JD 2461200.5 TDB.

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Missions & milestones

1 launches · 0 connected events

These are target-related flights and every connected programme record in the production catalogue. A connected event may concern another stage or target of the same journey. Launch outcome does not establish arrival or current operation.

TARGET-RELATED FLIGHT

NEAR Shoemaker

February 17, 1996 · UTC

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