The asteroid Eros |
Plan view made with BMP2ter |
The NEAR (Near Asteroid Rendezvous) vehicle of NASA has made a close encounter with
the asteroid Eros. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission With the help of the high detailed photographs made, the converter BMP2ter, the plugin Firmament and the landscape generator Terragen I was be able to make 'eye-level' renders of this 33km large asteroid. The problem making terrainfiles from photographs are the effects of the shadows and the reflection of the different minerals of Eros. There are already elevation models available but so far they don't show much detail. More detailed elevation models are expected around the summer of 2001. So: these are just artist 'impressions' which give a feeling like being there where nobody has gone before... Do you wanna know how I made them? Just mail me... |
Direction of view |
Direction of view |
Eros The latest renders from the 9 june and the 25, 26 and 27 october 2000 high detail images |
Eros oldies |
25 october 2000 |
25 october 2000 |
9 june 2000 |
26 october 2000 |
27 october 2000 |
An artist impression of the 12 february 2001 event, when the NEAR landed in the Himeros
region. Published in de 'Volkskrant' a national paper in The Netherlands, SpaceDaily on the internet and probably in Laser Focus World, the largest optical trade magazine in the USA. Made with help of the 25 october 2000 photographs |
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new new Animation of the asteroid Eros A fly by over the asteroid Eros, Himeros region. 240 x 180 (actual size as below) avi, 6.333 Kb large, 680 frames, 10 frames/sec, duration 1 minute 8 sec. |