Witt's discovery was the accidental byproduct of a two-hour photographic exposure he conducted of a different asteroid: 185 Eunike. It is an S-type asteroid about 13 × 13 × 33 km in size, the second-biggest near-Earth asteroid (NEA) after 1036 Ganymed.

It was named after the Greek god of love, Eros (Greek Ἔρως). As you can see, 433 Eros only the size of a mountain. Asteroid 433, Eros has been owned by Gregory W. Nemitz since March 3, 2000. NEAR Shoemaker final descent.PNG 960 × 713; 225 KB. 433 Eros ist ein S-Klasse-Asteroid, der die Sonne meistens zwischen den Bahnen von Erde und Mars umkreist.. Umlaufbahn: 172,800,000 km von der Sonne entfernt (durchschnittlich) Größe: 33x13x13 km. Eros war der griechische Gott der Liebe und Begierde.. Bei einer Pressekonferenz am 17. 433 Eros is an S-type asteroid, signifying a composition of magnesium silicates and iron. (433) Eros Asteroid. Lake Tahoe is 35 km (22 mi) long by 19 km (12 mi) wide. Models of planetary bodies ESA380451.jpg 4.386 × 3.280; 971 KB. Near Eros.jpg 289 × 219; 7 KB. Weil der Kleinplanet der erste Asteroidenfund war, der kein Mitglied des Hauptgürtels ist, erhielt er als erster einen männlichen Namen. Charlois at Nice, France. orbit: 172,800,000 km from the Sun (average) size: 33x13x13 km . 433 Eros is the first Near-Earth asteroid (NEA) that was found.

Nach dem Asteroiden wiederum wurde der Eros-Gletscher auf der Alexander-I.-Insel in der Antarktis benannt. Orbital Development is managing the Eros Project.

Medium hochladen ... Eros, Vesta and Ceres size comparison.jpg 1.497 × 1.000; 121 KB. AB - Analysis of the disk-integrated solar phase curve of 433 Eros, as derived from ground-based telescopic and NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft measurements, shows that Eros's surface properties are typical of average S-type asteroids. [1] Eros was the Greek god of love and desire.

433 Eros was discovered on Aug. 13, 1898 by Gustav Witt, director of the Urania observatory in Berlin, and independently on the same day by Auguste H.P. Eros-Topography Map.jpg 1.124 × 752; 32 KB. 433 Eros is an S-type asteroid orbiting the Sun mostly between the orbits of Earth and Mars. Eros displays the same single-particle scattering characteristics and porosity vs theoretical grain size relationships as typical S-asteroids, as does Ida. Benannt wurde der Himmelskörper nach Eros, dem Gott der Liebe aus der griechischen Mythologie. 433 Eros is 33 km (20.5 mi) long by 13 km (8 mi) wide. It is the first asteroid that was known to cross inside the orbit of Mars.