Editing NEAR Shoemaker (section)

===Orbital insertion===

[[Orbital insertion]] around Eros occurred on February 14, 2000, at 15:33 UT (10:33 EST) after ''NEAR'' completed a 13-month heliocentric orbit which closely matched the orbit of Eros. A rendezvous maneuver was completed on February 3 at 17:00 UT, slowing the spacecraft from 19.3 to 8.1&nbsp;m/s relative to Eros. Another maneuver took place on February 8, increasing the relative velocity slightly to 9.9&nbsp;m/s. Searches for satellites of Eros took place on January 28 and February 4, and 9; none were found. The scans were for scientific purposes and to mitigate any possible collision with a satellite. ''NEAR'' went into a 321×366&nbsp;km elliptical orbit around Eros on February 14. The orbit was slowly decreased to a 35&nbsp;km circular polar orbit by July 14. ''NEAR'' remained in this orbit for ten days and then was backed out in stages to a 100&nbsp;km circular orbit by September 5, 2000. Maneuvers in mid-October led to a flyby of Eros within 5.3&nbsp;km of the surface at 07:00 UT on October 26.<ref name="NSSDC" />

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File:NEARtrajectory.jpg|Trajectory graphic depicting the voyage of the ''NEAR'' spacecraft
File:Animation of NEAR Shoemaker trajectory.gif|Animation of ''NEAR Shoemaker''{{'s}} trajectory from February 19, 1996, to February 12, 2001{{hlist|{{legend2|magenta|''NEAR Shoemaker''}}|{{legend2|lime|[[433 Eros|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 Eros from April 1, 2000, to February 12, 2001{{hlist|{{legend2|magenta|''NEAR Shoemaker''}}|{{legend2|Lime|[[433 Eros]]}}}}
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