They are based on romantic figures in the history and literature of the cultures of planet Earth. The largest feature, Himeros , is a depression about 10 kilometers wide. In Greek mythology , Himeros was an attendant of Eros and the personification of the longing of love. Today, after safely surveying Eros for the past eight months, NEAR Shoemaker is scheduled to make a daring close approach to the asteroid, briefly flying to within about 6 kilometers of its surface. Images returned from that distance are expected to show features less than 1 meter across.
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