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Bright Crater Wall Target Name:   Asteroid Eros Spacecraft:   NEAR Shoemaker Instrument:   Multi-Spectral Imager Produced by:   NASA/JHU Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA03134 Date Taken:   11 January 2001 Related Document Asteroid Eros Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size PIA03134.jpg JPEG 352 x 492 35K PIA03134.tif TIFF 352 x 492 127.7 kB NEAR Shoemaker captured this image on January 11, 2001, while orbiting 38 kilometers (24 miles) above Eros. Material on the inner wall of the crater in the center of the image is brighter than the surrounding regolith and is thought to be subsurface material exposed when overlying, darker regolith slides off. The whole scene is about 1.2 kilometers (0.7 miles) across.

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