January 7, 2022
Description
Originally published here: 253 Mathilde with known topography scaled one in one million by tato_713 - Thingiverse
This model was rendered using MATLAB R2016a on the ICQ model of the PSI made by Philip Stooke from the data of the NEAR Shoemaker mission.
The file's names explained: name_1_x_10_y.stl is 1 : x* 10^y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.
Mathilde is a small C type asteroid, that was visited by the probe NEAR Shoemaker in its way to Eros. The C type asteroids are composed of carbonaceous material, they are darker than other types. They are the most common type of asteroid, occupying more than the 75% of the total population. There is not any planet nor dwarf planet in the Solar System based on carbonaceous material, but it is theorised that a carbon based planet could exist in other planetary systems.
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