Asteroid
Eros
TypeAsteroid
Mass6.687 × 10¹⁵ kg
Diameter16.8 km
Orbital Radius218 million km
Orbital Period643 days
Rotation Period5.27 hours
Known Moons0
Surface Gravity0.006 m/s²
Average Temp-40 °C
AtmosphereNone
Discovered ByCarl Gustav Witt
Discovery Year1898
About Eros
The first near-Earth asteroid discovered. First asteroid orbited and landed on by a spacecraft (NEAR Shoemaker, 2001). Shaped like a peanut or elongated potato. About 34 km long.
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