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Asteroid Lithograph of Eros and Other Asteroids

Asteroid Lithograph of Eros and Other Asteroids
Photojournal: PIA19379
Source: NASA
Published: January 1, 2007
NASA's Dawn asteroid lithograph of Eros and other asteroids.

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