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

Search images visually by coordinates and view spatial map projections

Small Bodies Image Browser

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

Hendrix IUE asteroid reflectance spectra V2.0

data_reduced collection for the "LADEE LUNAR DUST EXPERIMENT" bundle

data_calibrated collection for the "LADEE LUNAR DUST EXPERIMENT" bundle

data_derived collection for the "LADEE LUNAR DUST EXPERIMENT" bundle

data_housekeeping collection for the "LADEE LUNAR DUST EXPERIMENT" bundle

document collection for the "LADEE LUNAR DUST EXPERIMENT" bundle

context collection for the "LADEE LUNAR DUST EXPERIMENT" bundle

XML Schema Collection

Collected shape and gravity models and related data for the NEAR targets 433 Eros and 253 Mathilde Data Collection

The NEAR Multi Spectral Imager (MSI) Hand Laid Mosaic and Time Order Sequence Browse Collection

NEAR Collected Target Models Document Collection

NEAR Mission Bundle Document Collection

The NEAR Mission Bundle Context Collection

The NEAR Mission Bundle XML Schema Collection

TThe NEAR MSI Digital Image Maps (DIM) Derived Data Collection

The NEAR MSI Digital Image Maps (DIM) Derived Data Document Collection

The NEAR MSI Digital Image Maps (DIM) Derived Data Browse Collection

The bundle contains all the mission wide information needed to use and understand the scientific data products produced by the NEAR mission.

NEAR Mission Information Bundle

Collected shape and gravity models and related data for the NEAR targets 433 Eros and 253 Mathilde

NEAR COLLECTED TARGET MODELS

This bundle collects all the operational data products produced by the Hayabusa2 NIRS3 instrument.

Hayabusa2 NIRS3 Bundle

This bundle contains the Mark Robinson Digital Image Map (DIM) products for asteroid 433 Eros, based on optical data from the NEAR MSI instrument.

The NEAR MSI Digital Image Maps (DIM) Derived Data Bundle

This archive includes derived International Ultraviolet Observer (IUE) reflectance
spectra for nearly all asteroid targets observed using IUE. We include derived
reflectance spectra and, where appropriate, an average reflectance spectrum for each
target. We include thumbnail plots of the reflectance spectra and the original IUE
header files for each observation.

This archive bundle includes data taken 
        by the Lunar Dust Experiment (LDEX) instrument aboard the Lunar       
        Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft.  These   
        data are generated by dust impacts on the LDEX detector.  Both reduced
        and calibrated data are included in this bundle.

LADEE LUNAR DUST EXPERIMENT

Title	Published	Start Date	End Date
NEAR
NEAR Mission Information Bundle	2024	2/17/1996	2/28/2001

Other
NEAR COLLECTED TARGET MODELS	2026	6/25/1997	2/12/2002

Hayabusa2 NIRS3 Bundle	2021	12/3/2014	Not available

The NEAR MSI Digital Image Maps (DIM) Derived Data Bundle	2026	4/17/1996	6/5/2000

LADEE LUNAR DUST EXPERIMENT	2015	10/24/2013	4/18/2014

Asteroid
Hendrix IUE asteroid reflectance spectra V1.0	2023	5/21/1978	9/1/1994

Data type	Browse/Download	Description
SPICE	NEAR SPICE archive	Archived at NAIF

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Additional data related to this mission/target

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