Papercraft asteroid Bennu with elevation map

Papercraft asteroid Bennu photo 1

Download

Bennu pattern (5.2 MiB PDF file)

History

2019-06-28 - Compressed textures to make PDF file smaller.
2019-05-06 - Initial release.

Dimentions

Size: 9,0 cm x 9,0 cm x 9,0 cm
Scale: 1/3000

Description

Papercraft polyhedral model of asteroid Bennu (101955 Bennu, 1999 RQ36) with the global elevation map. As of 2019 Bennu is being explored by the OSIRIS-REx probe. Gradient from blue to red shows elevation above the geopotential from 0m (blue) to 70m (red). No data about polar regions at >70 degrees seems to be available.

Tools

Blender
GIMP2
Paper Model plug-in
My Autohedron scripts for converting geographic projection into a polyhedron

Credits

Map of Bennu by NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona: Global Elevation Map of Asteroid Bennu