Laser Altimetry of Small-Scale Features on 433 Eros from NEAR-Shoemaker
- 20 April 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 292 (5516) , 488-491
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1058330
Abstract
During the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)–Shoemaker's low-altitude flyover of asteroid 433 Eros, observations by the NEAR Laser Rangefinder (NLR) have helped to characterize small-scale surface features. On scales from meters to hundreds of meters, the surface has a fractal structure with roughness dominated by blocks, structural features, and walls of small craters. This fractal structure suggests that a single process, possibly impacts, dominates surface morphology on these scales.Keywords
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