Editing 433 Eros (section)

==In popular culture ==
In the novel and television series ''[[Leviathan Wakes|The Expanse]]'', a catastrophic science experiment is unleashed on a civilian population living within tunnels cut through Eros.  This so-called "Eros Incident" ends with the asteroid mysteriously breaking its usual orbit and crashing into [[Venus]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scott Snowden |title='The Expanse': Here's a Recap of Seasons 1-3 Ahead of Season 4 on Amazon Prime |url=https://www.space.com/the-expanse-seasons-1-3-recap.html |access-date=18 December 2022 |work=Space |date=December 13, 2019 |archive-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130042242/https://www.space.com/the-expanse-seasons-1-3-recap.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

It makes an appearance in the novel (and its [[Ender's Game (film)|film adaptation]]) ''[[Ender's Game]]'' by [[Orson Scott Card]], serving as a base for humanity and the location of Command School after having been captured from the invading aliens (the Formics) prior to the initial novel who had used the asteroid as their forward operating base in their previous invasion.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ender's Game and Philosophy: The Logic Gate is Down |date=2013 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |page=117}}</ref>

In the ''[[Space Angel]]'' episode 'Visitors from Outer Space' (title text not quite matching narration), Scott McCloud and his crew are forced to destroy Eros by deflecting it into the [[Sun]], after it becomes a hazard to spacecraft navigation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfla-OaMxpI|title=Space Angel VISITORS FROM OUTER SPACE|date=2 December 2013 |accessdate=18 December 2022|via=www.youtube.com|archive-date=14 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114162553/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfla-OaMxpI&feature=youtu.be|url-status=live}}</ref>

It is the setting for the entirety of the plot of the novel [[Captive Universe]] by [[Harry Harrison (writer)|Harry Harrison]].

During [[Grant Morrison|Grant Morrison's]] relaunch of the [[JLA (comic book)|Justice League]], Eros was used to imprison [[General Wade Eiling|the General]] after attacking the Justice League.<ref>''JLA'' #24 (December 1998)</ref>