Papercraft polyhedral asteroid Ryugu
Download
- Place names in English (3.5Â MiB PDF file)
- Place names in Japanese (3.8Â MiB PDF file)
History
- 2019-12-22 - Update Ryugu map. Add 2nd touchdown operation site marking and name.
- 2019-06-28 - Compressed textures to make PDF file smaller.
- 2019-04-27 - Initial release.
Dimentions
- Size: 8,0 cm x 8,0 cm x 8,0 cm
Supplementary Data
Modified maps that account distortion around polar regions:
- Map projection with English labels (1.1Â MiB PNG file)
- Map projection with Japanese labels (1.3Â MiB PNG file)
Description
On April 4, 2019 space probe Hayabusa2 fired a 2kg copper mass (Small Carry-on Impactor, abbreviated as SCI) to collide with the surface of asteroid Ryugu. On April 23-25, 2019 the probe observed the impact area.
Papercraft polyhedral model of asteroid Ryugu (162173 Ryugu, 1999 JU3) with the place names that were chosen by the Hayabusa2 team.
Tools
- Blender and Paper Model plug-in
- GIMP2
- Autohedron scripts for converting geographic projection into a polyhedron
Credits
Ryugu map by JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST.