Click here to see Eros spinning . And he re's how it looked as NEAR flew closer and closer to Eros. Finally NEAR arrived at the asteriod named Eros. NEAR will study Eros with special instruments. The instruments can 'see' different kinds of 'light' waves.
Light is a kind of wave on the Electromagnetic Spectrum .
NEAR uses different kinds of Electromagnetic waves. Seven different instruments receive the waves. Click on the picture to see a larger image. Dr. Lucy McFadden is a scientist on the NEAR space craft project. Dr. McFadden helped to design this drawing.