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Gamma-rays from an Asteroid

NASA Science
NASA Science News for February 27, 2001 12:00:00 PM

Perched on the surface of asteroid 433 Eros, NASA's NEAR spacecraft is beaming back measurements of gamma-rays leaking from the space rock's dusty soil. Find out what scientists hope to learn about Eros, which might be a real-life planetesimal from the dawn of the solar system.

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