NEAR

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission to the near-earth asteroid 433 Eros was launched in Feb. 1996 and carried out Eros orbital operations from Feb. 2000 through Feb. 2001.  It acquired the first comprehensive, spatially resolved measurements of the geomorphology, reflectance spectral properties, and shape of an asteroid, and X-ray and gamma-ray spectral measurements of elemental abundances from orbit and the surface. The ambient magnetic field in the vicinity of Eros was also measured.  On the way to Eros, the spacecraft also performed a flyby of the asteroid 253 Mathilde in June 1997, obtaining image data and a mass determination.

NEAR EARTH ASTEROID RENDEZVOUS

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GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER for NEAR

MAGNETOMETER for NEAR

MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGER for NEAR

NEAR INFRARED SPECTROMETER for NEAR

NEAR LASER RANGEFINDER for NEAR

RADIO SCIENCE SUBSYSTEM for NEAR

XRAY SPECTROMETER for NEAR

253 Mathilde

433 Eros

C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)

Moon

NAIF ID 399

Earth

Altimeter	NEAR Laser Rangefinder (NLR)
Imager	NEAR Multispectral Imager (MSI)
Magnetometer	NEAR Magnetometer (MAG)
Radio Transceiver	NEAR Radio Science Subsystem (RSS) and Gravimetry
Spectrometer	NEAR Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (GRS) NEAR Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIS) NEAR X-Ray Spectrometer (XRS)

Instrument Data for Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR Shoemaker)

Observational data from the mission instruments

Altimeter

Imager

Magnetometer

Radio Transceiver

Spectrometer