SOAR-High Earth Systems Science                                   Name  ___________________________
Unit 2A  Using Data to Explore the System
Spacecraft NEAR Studies an Asteriod, Eros
 

1.  On what date was NEAR launched?
 

2.   What is an asteriod?
 

3.   What is NEAR doing for the first time?
 

4.  Who is Dr. Lucy McFadden?
 
 

5.   Click on the NEAR Science Payload picture and complete this chart
Instrument 
nick name
. . .  Instrument Full . . .
Name 
 . . EM Spectrum wave it uses . . 
 . . . . Purpose . . .  .
NIS
.
 
 
 
MSI
.
 
 
 
XGRS
.
 
 
 
NLR
.
 
 
 
RSE
.
 
 
 
MAG
.
      

6.  Will we ever touch an asteriod?  How?