Previous Animation Next Animation NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope) Views of the asteroid Eros generated by data from the laser rangefinder. This false color image shows the 'gravity slope' at various regions on the object. The gravity slope is the angle between the local gravitation field (computed assuming a constant density for the asteroid) and the normal to the surface. Blue is low slope, red is high slope.    A rotating view of the asteroid Eros, where the colors represent the gravity slope measured by NEAR. This version has grid lines every 15 degrees. Duration: 1.2 minutes Available formats:   1280x720 (60 fps) Frames   1280x720 (25 fps) MPEG-2   154 MB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   9 MB   320x240     JPEG         9 KB   80x40         PNG           3 KB   160x80       PNG           11 KB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       1 MB   1280x720 (60 fps) MPEG-4   15 MB How to play our movies    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Bottom Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   629 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       5 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 0 Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   603 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       5 KB   160 x 80           PNG         7 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 1 Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   700 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       6 KB   160 x 80           PNG         9 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 2 Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF 1 MB   320 x 240         JPEG       8 KB   160 x 80           PNG       13 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 3 Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   787 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       6 KB   160 x 80           PNG       10 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 4 Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   504 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       4 KB   160 x 80           PNG         6 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 5 Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   871 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       7 KB   160 x 80           PNG       11 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 6 Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   891 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       7 KB   160 x 80           PNG       11 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Edge 7 Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   818 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       6 KB   160 x 80           PNG       10 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS ISO Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF 1 MB   320 x 240         JPEG       9 KB   160 x 80           PNG       15 KB    False Color (Gravity Slope) EROS Top Available formats:   1280 x 960       TIFF   634 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       5 KB    Color bar for gravity slope images. Blue correspoinds to 0 degree slope, red is 35 degree slope. Available formats:   351 x 100         JPEG       7 KB   320 x 91           PNG         1 KB Animation Number: 2060 Completed: 2001-01-29 Animators: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)   Tom Bridgman (GST)   Marte Newcombe (GST) Scientists: David Smith (NASA/GSFC)   Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Platform/Sensor/Data Set: NEAR/NLR (2000/02-2001/02) Series: Eros Video: SVS2001-0004 * Keywords: SVS >> Asteroid SVS >> Eros SVS >> HDTV SVS >> Laser Rangefinder DLESE >> Space science More Information on this topic available at: stories/eros/index.html This work has been visible on Computer Graphics World April 2001 pp. 76 Science paper: Science 289, pp 2097-2101 (22 Sept 2000)     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio *Please note: the SVS does not fulfill requests for copies of the tapes in our library. On some of our animation pages, there is a direct link to a video distribution service from which tapes, handled by the Public Affairs Office (PAO)/Goddard TV, including some of our animations may be ordered. General information on this service can be found here. Back to Top

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