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On the International Telescope Meeting Vogelsberg Michael Koch presented
some globes of Minor Planets and small moons. He used informations
from the american National Space Agency (NASA)
With an Internet-tool it was
possible to transfer the DAMIT-*.OBJ-Files into a STL file which is used
for modern 3-d-printer.
Michael was so kind to produce a first Metis-Globe for me.
The printing was made in 2 parts...
...which are fit together with some glue.
He produced 2 Metis-Globes. A convex and a non-convex modell
Interesting is a look back into the history of globes, to see some mile-stone.
For a suitable color some S-Class meteorids were checked.
But they were very different and not helpfull.
The second idea was to make a photometry of a box with water-colours.
The suitable color should be between black and ocher.
Several trys bring the best result with an albedo of 15% and
a relation green:red of 1:1,16
Now it is possible to simulate the perspective and light-direction of several positions.
The following picture show the situation during the occultation of March 7. at 2014.
