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An Eraser Mark on Eros Target Name:   Asteroid Eros Spacecraft:   NEAR Shoemaker Instrument:   Multi-Spectral Imager Produced by:   NASA/JHU Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA03132 Date Taken:   7 January 2001 Related Document Asteroid Eros Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size PIA03132.jpg JPEG 492 x 392 39K PIA03132.tif TIFF 492 x 392 157.6 kB NEAR Shoemaker captured this amazing picture of adjacent regions in different states of surface degradation on January 7, 2001, from an orbital altitude of 35 kilometers (22 miles). The upper half and lower right parts of the image show surfaces with "typical" rounded craters and large boulders. However, the abruptly edged swath extending from lower left to middle right is remarkably more smooth, subdued, and lacking in small-scale detail of any type -- almost as if Eros had been altered by a giant eraser. The whole scene is about 1.4 kilometers (0.9 miles) across.

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