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NEAR Asteroid Probe Mission
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- Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - comprehensive information from mission control about the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft and its mission.
- NEAR Mission Overview - from NASA's National Space Science Data Center.
- Graphic of NEAR's Journey to Eros
- NEAR Image of the Day - from NEAR mission control.
- Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) - project which searches for near-Earth and Earth-crossing asteroids.
- Near-Earth Objects Page - news, facts, and resources from the Planetary Society.
- NEO FAQ - from JPL.
- The Spacewatch Project - University of Ariziona program which explores the various populations of small objects in the solar system, and studies the statistics of asteroids and comets.
- Thursday's Classroom: Happy Valentines asteroid Eros - lesson plans and educational activities about the NEAR rendezvous with asteroid Eros; from NASA.
- Asteroids Data Sheet - basic facts on size, makeup, and orbits of asteroids; from space.com.
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- The International Astronomical Union