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The landing of the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft on asteroid 433 Eros

J. Veverka, B. Farquhar, Mark Southwick Robinson, Peter C Thomas, S. L. Murchie, Ann P. Harch, Peter G. Antreasian, Steven R. Chesley, James Drysdale Miller, W. M. Owen, B. G. Williams, DONALD K. YEOMANS, David Dunham, Gene A. Heyler, Mark E. Holdridge, R. L. Nelson, Karl Whittenburg, J. Courtney Ray, Brian T. Carcich, ANDREW F. CHENG, C. R. Chapman, James F. Bell III, M. Bell, Ben J. Bussey, Beth Ellen Clark, D. L. Domingue, Michael James Gaffey, Ed Hawkins, N. R. Izenberg, Jonathan C. Joseph, R. L. Kirk, Paul G. G. Lucey, M. C. Malin, L. A. McFadden, W. J. Merline, Charles A. Peterson, Louise M. Prockter, Jeffery W. Warren, D. D. Wellnitz

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Key concepts: Ejecta, Impact crater, Asteroid, Geology, Descent (aeronautics), Spacecraft, Astrobiology, Altitude (triangle)