Laser altimetry of small-scale features on 433 Eros from NEAR-Shoemaker

During the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)-Shoemaker's Low-altitude f lyover of asteroid 433 Eros, observations by the NEAR Laser Rangefinder (NL R) have helped to characterize small-scale surface features. On scales from meters to hundreds of meters, the surface has a fractal structure with rou ghness dominated by blocks, structural features, and walls of small craters , This fractal structure suggests that a single process, possibly impacts, dominates surface morphology on these scales.