Eros

(1898 DQ )

NOW @ 6 TAU 2

Inclination: 10.828

Eccentricity: 0.223

Period: 1.761 years

AU 1.458

Type: 1804

Discovery Chart

13.8.1898 00:00 Berlin 24e45 59n26 observations 0

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Named after the Greek god of love (in Latin called Cupido or Amor), son of Mercury and Venus. He protected the beautiful Psyche {see planet (16)} from the vengeance of his mother and when he later married her she became immortal. See also the citation for planet (763). (H 47) _ _.

On 14 February 2001, the NEAR spacecraft touched down on asteroid Eros. This is the first time a spacecraft has "landed" to an asteroid. Eros became only the fifth celestial body touched by a human spacecraft, following the Moon, Mars, Venus and Jupiter.

Discovered on 13-8-1898 in Berlin by Witt, G.
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