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Animation of NEAR's arrival at Eros

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Posted: February 14, 2000

The NEAR spacecraft encounters 433 Eros and fires its thrusters to begin orbiting the asteroid as seen in animation. Source video: NASA TV (168k, 28sec QuickTime file).

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