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Eros is a name used for many things. One Eros is a set of satellites. These are the Earth Resources Observation Satellites. They are made for business use. They look down at our Earth from space.

Another Eros is a center in the United States. It is the Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science. This center keeps many images. These images show the land from far away.

Scientists also use the name for a brain signal. It is called an event-related optical signal. This is a signal from scanning a brain. It helps people study how brains work.

There is also a computer system with this name. It is an Extremely Reliable Operating System. Three big groups helped make it. They are The EROS Group, the University of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins University. This system is made to work very well.

Finally, Eros is a name in chemistry. It is an encyclopedia of reagents. Reagents are things used in organic chemistry. This book describes how to use them.

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