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The north polar region of asteroid Itokawa, images projected onto a base map derived from Bob Gaskell's shape model. It's a circular map with many rocks and some smooth areas.

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The north polar region of asteroid Itokawa, images projected onto a base map derived from Bob Gaskell's shape model. It's a circular map with many rocks and some smooth areas.
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Phil Stooke (philstooke@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-May-2024 12:24:49 JST Phil Stooke

Let's look at those poles. The polar strips of the cylindrical relief map of asteroid Itokawa were projected into polar azimuthal projections and then images were mapped onto that base. Here is the north pole. #maps

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