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Eros

Near-Earth Asteroid

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433 Eros, generally known as Eros, is a stony asteroid of the Amor group and the first near-Earth object ever discovered, found by the German astronomer C. G. Witt in 1898. It has an elongated shape with a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8 kilometres.

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Object Type
Near-Earth asteroid (Amor group) 1
Discovery Year
1898 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation433 Eros, lead section
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a stony asteroid of the Amor group
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation433 Eros, infobox (Discovery date)
Quote, 433 Eros, infobox (Discovery date)
13 August 1898
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationIn Category: Celestial Objects, 433 Eros, Wikipedia summary
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