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Pluto and Charon with known topography scaled one in ten million

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December 29, 2018

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This model is made using MATLAB R2016a on the topography map from the USGS Astrogeology Science Center site, from the data of the New Horizons mission. The original maps have the known topography only, the rest of the minor planets surface topography is unknown because of the low resolution of the images and because some parts of the bodies were in complete darkness at the time the probe made its flyby. It's scaled to 1 in 107 or one in ten million. The topography of Charon is scaled to the real value; while the one of Pluto is exaggerated 3 times, to make the features visibles and suitable for printing. The Pluto model is about 22cm in diameter and Charon 12cm. On this scale the Moon is a basketball, and Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos are 2 and 1 mm respectively. It's also included a one in twenty million scaled version because some printer may not be able to print at the prior scale.
The distance between Pluto and Charon in the image is not scaled.
The file's names explained: name_1_x_10_y.stl is 1 : x * 10y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.

134340 Pluto

Pluto is the biggest dwarf planet by diameter and the second by mass after Eris. Pluto was first considered as a planet, definition that was dubbed after the discovery of other similar objects like Eris, Makemake and other trans Neptunian objects, and triggered the 2006 planet redefinition. The most notable surface feature on Pluto is the Sputnik planitia, a depression with a half heart shape, higher albedo (aka whiteness), possibly originated by an impact of another body.
  • Type: Dwarf planet. TNO. Plutino. Binary
  • Orbit: Sun. Kuiper belt
  • Orbital period: 248 yr.
  • Composition: Icy body. Differentiated interior.
  • Density: 1.854 g/cm3.
  • Dimensions: 2376.6 km.
  • Model scale: 1:1x107 (24cm) 1:2x107 (12cm)

(134340 Pluto 1) Charon

Charon is the main satellite of Pluto, and it's so big, that the barycenter between them is outside Pluto. After that, some authors consider the system Pluto-Charon a binary dwarf planet. The other satellites of Pluto (Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra in order of distance from Pluto) are too small to make them in the same scale.
  • Type: Binary.
  • Orbit: Pluto.
  • Orbital period: 6.387 d.
  • Composition: Icy body. Differentiated interior.
  • Density: 1.702 g/cm3.
  • Dimensions: 1212 km.
  • Model scale: 1:1x107 (12cm)

References

  • Map of Pluto
  • Map of Charon
  • Surf to STL function for MATLAB

Other astronomical objects

Object

Scale [1:x]

K = 103 (thousand)
M = 106 (million)
G = 109 (billion)

Image

Inner Solar System

Mercury20M, 60M, 120M
Venus60M, 120M, 250M
Earth60M, 120M, 250M
Luna10M, 20M, 60M
Mars20M, 60M, 120M
Phobos and Deimos200K, 500K

Man-made

Salyut 740, 48, 80, 160

Near Earth Asteroids

Moshup and Squannit8K, 20K, 40K
Ra-Shalom20K, 40K
Castalia8K, 20K, 40K
Bacchus8K, 20K
Bennu3K, 8K
Ryugu3K, 8K, 20K
Geographos40K, 80K
Phaethon40K, 80K
Itokawa3K, 8K
Eros80K, 200K, 500K
Nereus3K, 8K
Didymos and Dimorphos8K, 20K
Mithra20K, 40K
Golevka8K
Toutatis40K, 80K

Main Asteroid Belt

Gaspra200K
Annefrank40K, 80K
Braille20K, 40K
Vesta2M, 4M, 10M
Å teins40K, 80K, 200K
Iris2M, 4M
Hebe1M, 2M, 4M
Lutetia500K, 1M, 2M
Julia1M, 2M, 4M
Mathilde500K, 1M
Juno2M, 4M
Ceres4M, 10M
Pallas4M, 10M
Kleopatra2M, 4M
Ida500K, 1M
Psyche2M, 4M
Interamnia2M, 4M
Hygiea2M, 4M, 10M
Antiope1M, 2M

Jovian System

Jupiter500M, 1G
Amalthea2M, 4M
Thebe1M, 2M
Io20M, 60M
Europa20M, 60M
Ganymede60M, 120M
Callisto60M, 120M

Saturn System

Saturn500M, 1G
Pan, Daphnis and Atlas80K, 200K, 500K, 1M
Prometheus and Pandora 1M, 2M
Janus and Epimetheus2M, 4M
Mimas2M, 4M, 10M
Methone, Anthe and Pallene40K, 80K
Enceladus4M, 10M
Tethys4M, 10M, 20M
Telesto and Calypso200K, 500K
Dione4M, 10M, 20M
Helene500K, 1M
Rhea10M, 20M
Titan60M, 120M
Hyperion2M, 4M
Iapetus10M, 20M
Phoebe1M, 2M, 4M

Uranian System

Uranus250M, 500M, 1G
Puck1M, 2M, 4M
Miranda4M, 10M
Ariel10M, 20M
Umbriel10M, 20M
Titania10M, 20M
Oberon10M, 20M

Neptunian System

Neptune250M, 500M, 1G
Larissa2M, 4M
Proteus2M, 4M, 10M
Triton20M

Comets

Tempel 140K, 80K, 200K
Wild 240K, 80K
Churyumov-Gerasimenko20K, 40K, 80K
Hartley 220K, 40K, 80K
Borrelly40K, 80K, 200K
Halley80K, 200K

Centaurs and TNOs

Hidalgo500K, 1M
Chariklo2M, 4M
Pluto and Charon10M, 20M
Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra500K, 1M
Haumea, Namaka and Hiʻiaka10M, 20M
Arrokoth200K, 500K, 1M
Largest TNOs and their moons10M, 20M

Extrasolar

Exoplanets120M, 250M, 500M
Nearest white dwarfs120M, 250M
HD 189733 b1G
Pulsars200K, 500K
Cygnus X-1 accretion disk10M, 20M
M87* photon ring1.5*1014

Sky maps

Heliosphere7.5*1013, 1.5*1014
Constellations-
CMBR2*1028

Ancient

Earth (540 Mya to 20 Mya)60M, 120M, 250M
Luna (4 Gya)20M, 60M

Speculative

Planet Nine250M, 500M
Cube planet60M, 120M, 250M

Science Fiction

Ghroth4M, 10M
Arda60M, 120M
Life Foundation rocket160, 200, 350, 500
B61210, 20, 32, 40
Mesklin500M, 1G
Arrakis60M, 120M
Borg cube8K, 20K, 40K
Pern60M, 120M
Europa Monolith200K, 500K
Leonora Christine500, 600, 1K, 3K
Rama80K, 200K, 500K
Death Star500K, 1M, 2M
Starkiller Base2M, 4M, 10M
Z-9540, 80, 160, 200
Eternia60M, 120M
Visitors mothership20K, 40K
Wheel of Time Earth60M, 120M, 250M
Nirn, Secunda and Masser20M, 60M, 120M
ID mothership2M, 4M, 10M
ID troop transporter200, 350, 500, 600, 1K
Heptapod spaceship1K, 3K, 8K
Gaijin flowership3K
Red Moon60M, 120M
Halo Array4M, 10M, 20M, 60M
Gem Homeworld 120M, 250M, 500M
Citadel of Ricks200K
The Skeld40, 80, 160, 200, 350, 500

Misc

Mars (1962 reconstruction)60M, 120M
Flat Earth250M
Expanding Earth60M, 120M
Spaceship of Ezekiel80, 160

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