Oh Eros: Valentine's Day Asteroid Makes NEAR Fly-by

Space.com Friday 3rd February, 2012

The 21-mile long 'God of Love' space rock made its closest approach to Earth (15 million miles away) since 1975 on January 31st, 2012. NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR) mission landed on the asteroid on February 12, 2001.

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