High res Ultima Thuli (Arrokoth) model?

[trappistplanets]

does anyone have a high resolution model of ultima thuli?
there are only low res models that are lacking details and there should be somthing nicer
but no nasa didn't release there high res shape model
so does anyone have one they made i can use?

want a model with this shape in high detail

[SevenSpheres]

As far as I know, this is the highest resolution Arrokoth model that exists. It's the model that's included in Celestia Origin and Project Echoes.

[pedro_jg]

The most recent Arrokoth shape model I know of is from Spencer et al. (2020). The files themselves can be downloaded at this data archive (more specifically, shape_models.zip) provided by the main author of that paper.

Since Askaniy's texture (which is used in both Origin and Echoes) was made from an image projection onto the preliminary shape model of Stern et al. (2019) which is linked above, the texture might not fit the newer model in the most satisfying way.

[SevenSpheres]

The most recent Arrokoth shape model I know of is from Spencer et al. (2020). The files themselves can be downloaded at this data archive (more specifically, shape_models.zip) provided by the main author of that paper.

Model converted to cmod attached. This model has more polygons, but doesn't really look too different from the old one. Update March 3: model replaced with fixed version by pedro_jg. No clue what was wrong with the original one.

arrokoth.zip

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SSC from Celestia Origin:

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"486958 Arrokoth:Arrokoth:2014 MU69:Ultima Thule:1110113Y:PT1" "Sol"
{
   Class   "asteroid"
   Mesh   "arrokoth.cmod"
   Orientation   [ -50 0 1 0 ]
   Texture   "arrokoth.*"
   Radius   18
   EllipticalOrbit
   {
      Epoch   2458484.5  # 2019 Jan 01
      Period   297.371052339075
      SemiMajorAxis   44.55129423264393
      Eccentricity   0.04097873475827028
      Inclination   2.451769758298457
      AscendingNode   158.9786644650622
      ArgOfPericenter   174.6720281547497
      MeanAnomaly   315.8844151813905
   }
   UniformRotation
   {
      Period   15.938
      Inclination   98.18711913
      AscendingNode   42.5072541
   }
   LunarLambert   0.5
   Albedo   0.21
   InfoURL   "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486958_Arrokoth"
}

[trappistplanets]

Model converted to cmod and properly offset texture attached. This model has more polygons, but doesn't really look too different from the old one.

that model needs to be a bit flatter expeccily th bigger side (look at the 3d asteroid catalogue model

[fyr02]

that model needs to be a bit flatter expeccily th bigger side (look at the 3d asteroid catalogue model

Spencer et al. (2020) modelled Arrokoth and found that Arrokoth is probably not as flat as originally expected, hence why this model is not as flat. The one at the 3d asteroid catalogue is outdated.

[trappistplanets]

Spencer et al. (2020) modelled Arrokoth and found that Arrokoth is probably not as flat as originally expected, hence why this model is not as flat. The one at the 3d asteroid catalogue is outdated.

so thats why the one model isn't flat

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The most recent Arrokoth shape model I know of is from Spencer et al. (2020). The files themselves can be downloaded at this data archive (more specifically, shape_models.zip) provided by the main author of that paper.

where is shape model.zip
i want to process a topo/DEM from it but idk where it is

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nevermind i found it