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| Average distance from the Sun | 218.7 million km |
| Diameter | 33 km x 13 km x 13 km |
| Mass | 7.2e18 kg |
| Orbital period around the Sun | 1.76 Earth years / 643 Earth days |
| Number of moons | 0 |
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| Eros, named for the god of love, is a near-Earth asteroid, which often comes close to our planet. A huge amount of information about this object was discovered by the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission, which landed on the asteroid in 2000. | |
Our Solar System
Our solar system is located on the edge of a spiral arm called Orion’s Arm, and is one-half to two-thirds of the way (28,000 light-years) from the center of our Milky Way galaxy.The Sun, Sol
The Inner Planets
Mercury
Venus
Earth
The Moon
Mars
The Asteroid Belt
Dwarf planet, Ceres
Asteroid, Ida
Asteroid, Vesta
Asteroid, Eros
The Outer Planets
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
The Kuiper Belt
Dwarf planet, Pluto
Dwarf planet, Eris
The Oort Cloud
Dwarf planet, Sedna
Comet Halley
Comet Hale-Bopp
Glossary of Terms
