Eros

Asteroid

An elongated near-Earth asteroid, the first ever to be orbited and landed on by a spacecraft.

Facts

TypeAsteroid
Distance from the Sun1.46 AU
Diameter17 km
Mass6.69 × 10^15 kg
Temperature-46°C
Orbital period643 days
Rotation period5.27 hours
Apparent magnitude7
Redshift0
Discovered1898
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