<page_title> List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft </page_title> <section_title> List of minor planets visited by spacecraft </section_title> <table> <cell> 433 Eros <col_header> Minor planet </col_header> <col_header> Name </col_header> <col_header> year </col_header> </cell> <cell> NEAR Shoemaker <col_header> Space probe </col_header> <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1998–2001 <col_header> Space probe </col_header> <col_header> Closest approach </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1998 flyby; 2000 orbited (first asteroid studied from orbit); 2001 landing; first asteroid landing, first asteroid orbited by a spacecraft, first near-Earth asteroid (NEA) visited by a spacecraft <col_header> Space probe </col_header> <col_header> Remarks </col_header> </cell> </table>
Visited by the NEAR Shoemaker space probe in 1998, 433 Eros became the first asteroid ever studied from orbit.