Eros in 3D — live position and orbit

The first asteroid ever orbited and landed on: NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker circled it for a year and touched down on its surface in February 2001.

Eros is shown at its real position, computed from NASA/JPL ephemeris data. The view opens on Eros; you can travel in time, switch between the educational overview and the true-scale voyage, and compare it with every other body of the solar system.

Radius
8.4 km
Mass
6.69 × 10¹⁵ kg
Distance from the Sun
1.458 AU
Orbital period
643 days
Axial tilt
1.6°
Known moons
0

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