Laser altimetry of small-scale features on 433 Eros from NEAR-Shoemaker

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Cheng, AF
Barnouin-Jha, O
Zuber, MT
Veverka, J
Smith, DE
Neumann, GA
Robinson, M
Thomas, P
Garvin, JB
Murchie, S
Chapman, C
Prockter, L
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[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Laurel, MD 20723 USA
[2] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Earth Sci Directorate, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[3] MIT, Dept Earth Atmospher & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[4] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[5] Northwestern Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[6] SW Res Inst, Boulder, CO 80302 USA
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10.1126/science.1058330
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
During the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)-Shoemaker's Low-altitude flyover of asteroid 433 Eros, observations by the NEAR Laser Rangefinder (NLR) have helped to characterize small-scale surface features. On scales from meters to hundreds of meters, the surface has a fractal structure with roughness dominated by blocks, structural features, and walls of small craters, This fractal structure suggests that a single process, possibly impacts, dominates surface morphology on these scales.
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