[meteorite-list] Vesta in 3D

From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:18:31 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <261509.82086.qm_at_web113608.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

For all of you fellow HED lovers, July will be an exciting time when DAWN arrives at Vesta.

In anticipation of it's arrival, researchers at DLR have created a 3D model of Vesta to "drape" the actual images on top of as they come in. The model includes the shape and elevation data we already have obtained with telescopes, and can be found here:

http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-1/9600_read-29421/


Note the craters on the surface are all artificial. We'll see the real ones come July.

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Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
      

Received on Thu 10 Mar 2011 03:18:31 PM PST