Asteroid Mapping

In 2011 the DAWN spacecraft visited Vesta to collect information well-nigh this of import asteroid. You tin forcefulness out instantly explore Vesta yourself using NASA's Digital Model of Asteroid Vesta.

Vesta is i of the largest asteroids inward the asteroid belt, alongside a hateful diameter of 525 kilometres. The Digital Model of Asteroid Vesta allows yous to sentiment the asteroid equally a 2nd or 3d map. The map itself seems to combine a Esri map alongside a Cesium WebGL globe.


The 3d map includes a release of information overlays which render dissimilar views of the mineral make-up of Vesta. The 2nd map sentiment includes a global (equirectangular) sentiment of Vesta, a N pole sentiment as well as a southward pole view. It also includes a release of tools which let yous to mensurate distance on Vesta as well as to sentiment tiptop profiles (especially handy if yous desire to visualize the depth of Vesta's craters).

It is also worth noting that the map's labels are also interactive. If yous click on a map label yous tin forcefulness out larn to a greater extent than well-nigh the labelled characteristic as well as the name's etymology.