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Events on Monday 14 February 2000 1
2000NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around ErosThe first spacecraft to orbit an asteroidOn 14 February 2000 NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous probe entered orbit around 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. It studied the 34-kilometre body for a year and, in February 2001, made the first controlled landing on an asteroid. The mission returned detailed data on Eros's shape and composition.