Laser altimetry of small-scale features on 433 Eros from NEAR-Shoemaker |
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| Authors: | Cheng A F Barnouin-Jha O Zuber M T Veverka J Smith D E Neumann G A Robinson M Thomas P Garvin J B Murchie S Chapman C Prockter L |
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| Affiliation: | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA. andrew.cheng@jhuapl.edu |
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| Abstract: | 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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