NSSDCA ID: PSSB-00148
Availability: Archived at NSSDC, accessible from elsewhere
Time span: 0005-09-11 to 0005-11-12
This shape model of asteroid 25143 Itokawa is based on 775 Hayabusa AMICA images taken from Sept. 11 through Nov. 12, 2005. The shape model was derived by Robert Gaskell and is described in Gaskell et al. 2006. Four levels of resolution are included. Additional information about the model and the images from which it is derived may be found in Gaskell et al. 2006b and Gaskell 2005. The version of the model included here was prepared on August 29, 2007.
The model was constructed from 871 L-maps, three dimensional representations of portions of the surface whose centers are control points. Each L-map represents about 10,000 surface points. The coordinate system is a right-handed Cartesian body-fixed frame defined with the z-axis passing through the rotation pole and the x-axis passing through zero longitude which is defined by the 'black rock' (lat 3.357 deg S, lon 0), a named feature on the surface. PDS data set ID HAY-A-AMICA-5-ITOKAWASHAPE-V1.0 held on volume SBN_0092. The data are available online at:
http://www.psi.edu/pds/asteroid/HAY_A_AMICA_5_ITOKAWASHAPE_V1_0/
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Dr. David R. Williams
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Mr. Robert Gaskell | Data Provider | rgaskell@psi.edu | |
Dr. Carol Neese | General Contact | Planetary Science Institute | neese@psi.edu |