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It would have been cool if they'd release the 3d model, and then it could be put in some sort of an interactive demo.



they have released various 3d models at different resolutions, although I am not aware of a web based interactive version.

see: https://www.asteroidmission.org/updated-bennu-shape-model-3d... and

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2632-3338/page/Shape_Mode...

with data hosted by the PDS at:

https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/pds/pds4/orex/orex_spice/...


Thanks!

It seems extracting a 3d model to be easily integrated with a program like Unity from the BDS files will not be trivial, and the 3d model as asteroidmission.org is relatively low-poly.

Nevertheless, it's pretty nice of them to release these.


Procedural generation of realistic looking asteroids would make a nice graphics challenge. Lots of collisions in deep space, so you get those alien geometries with plenty of concavities ;)




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