Input
Last update: Nov. 20, 2003
"On September 29, 2004, Toutatis will pass by Earth at a range of four times the distance between the Earth and the Moon, the closest approach of any known asteroid or comet between now and 2060. One consequence of the asteroid's frequent close approaches to Earth is that its trajectory more than several centuries from now cannot be predicted accurately. In fact, of all the Earth-crossing asteroids, the orbit of Toutatis is thought to be one of the most chaotic. "
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3D asteroid input data courtesy of Scott Hudson, Washington State University.
Input
Toutatis set: 6401 pts.
The "surface scaffold" (i.e., the less significant part of the shock scaffold) gives us back a meshing of the input data. Thus, we can re-build connectivity on the input samples automatically.
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Surface recovered from unorganized points. |
Another view at the surface mesh. |
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Two views at the internal scaffold structure: Blue ribs map to surface ridges; Red axial curves map to higher order symmetries. |
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Surface recovered. |
Internal shock scaffold. |
