Editing 433 Eros (section)

===''NEAR Shoemaker'' survey and landing===
The [[NEAR Shoemaker]] probe visited Eros twice, first with a brief [[Planetary flyby|flyby]] in 1998, and then by orbiting it in 2000, when it extensively photographed its surface. On 12&nbsp;February 2001, at the end of its mission, it landed on the asteroid's surface using its maneuvering jets.

This was the first time a Near Earth asteroid was closely visited by a spacecraft.<ref>{{cite magazine
 |first=Kathy A.
 |last=Svitil
 |date=February 2001
 |title=The end is near: The remarkable journey of a tough little space probe to the place where killer asteroids lurk
 |magazine=[[Discover Magazine]]
 |via=DiscoverMagazine.com
 |url=http://discovermagazine.com/2001/feb/cover
 |access-date=2019-09-30
 |archive-date=1 September 2020
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901074111/http://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-end-is-near
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref>

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File:Animation of NEAR Shoemaker trajectory.gif|Animation of NEAR Shoemaker trajectory from 19 February 1996 to 12 February 2001.{{hlist|{{legend2|magenta|''[[NEAR Shoemaker]]''}}|{{legend2|lime|Eros}}|{{legend2|RoyalBlue|[[Earth]]}}|{{legend2|cyan|[[253 Mathilde|Mathilde]]}}|{{legend2|yellow|[[Sun]]}}}}.
File:Animation of NEAR Shoemaker trajectory around 433 Eros.gif|Animation of [[NEAR Shoemaker]]{{'s}} trajectory around 433 Eros from 1 April 2000 to 12 February 2001.<br />{{legend2|magenta| [[NEAR Shoemaker]]}}{{·}}{{legend2| Lime|433 Eros}}
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